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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 852791" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I am at heart a libertarian; I believe that, for the most part, people should be free to <em>choose for themselves </em>what substances they want to put into their bodies, <em>even if </em>those substances are moderately harmful and/or moderately habit forming. I would put tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and mild, natural hallucingens such as peyote or psylocibin mushrooms in this category. These substances are organic, they are found in nature, and they should be regulated, taxed, and legally available to adults who wish to purchase them.</p><p></p><p>I also recognize the fact that there are certain drugs that are <em>so</em> addictive and <em>so </em>toxic that there really isnt any such thing as "freedom of choice" when it comes to these substances. I would put cocaine, crack, ecstasy, methamphetamine, LSD and opiates in this category. These substances should not be "legalized" per se, but those who are addicted to them should be able to register as addicts and obtain these substances <em>by prescription only, </em>with the stipulation that at some point they will need to be medically detoxed and weaned off of them by a doctor who specializes in addiction treatment. The goal would be to (a) get these people off of the street and under some sort of medical supervision, and (b)to<strong> undercut the criminal black market for these substances by allowing these addicts to obtain pharmaceutical-grade versions of whatever they are addicted to at affordable prices.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong>Think about what this would accomplish. If the addict who now has to resort to criminal behavior (prostitution, theft etc.) in order to support a $200+ per day drug habit could go to a pharmacy and obtain those same drugs for $5 per day, he/she would no longer <em>need</em> to buy from the black market. The black market would dry up, since the majority of its former "customers" would be <strong>unwilling to pay the prices that made the risk of drug dealing worth taking.</strong> In one stroke, we would flush hundreds of thousands of addicts <em>out</em> of an overburdened criminal justuce system and into the supervised medical system where they belong. The billions of dollars that are currently funding narco-terrorism down in Mexico would dry up and remain in our country.</p><p></p><p>Is it a perfect solution? Hell no. There is no "perfect" solution. But it would be a far sight better than what we are <em>currently</em> doing, which pretty much consists of beating our head against a brick wall while being oblivious to the fact that it isnt the wall that is bleeding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 852791, member: 14668"] I am at heart a libertarian; I believe that, for the most part, people should be free to [I]choose for themselves [/I]what substances they want to put into their bodies, [I]even if [/I]those substances are moderately harmful and/or moderately habit forming. I would put tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and mild, natural hallucingens such as peyote or psylocibin mushrooms in this category. These substances are organic, they are found in nature, and they should be regulated, taxed, and legally available to adults who wish to purchase them. I also recognize the fact that there are certain drugs that are [I]so[/I] addictive and [I]so [/I]toxic that there really isnt any such thing as "freedom of choice" when it comes to these substances. I would put cocaine, crack, ecstasy, methamphetamine, LSD and opiates in this category. These substances should not be "legalized" per se, but those who are addicted to them should be able to register as addicts and obtain these substances [I]by prescription only, [/I]with the stipulation that at some point they will need to be medically detoxed and weaned off of them by a doctor who specializes in addiction treatment. The goal would be to (a) get these people off of the street and under some sort of medical supervision, and (b)to[B] undercut the criminal black market for these substances by allowing these addicts to obtain pharmaceutical-grade versions of whatever they are addicted to at affordable prices. [/B]Think about what this would accomplish. If the addict who now has to resort to criminal behavior (prostitution, theft etc.) in order to support a $200+ per day drug habit could go to a pharmacy and obtain those same drugs for $5 per day, he/she would no longer [I]need[/I] to buy from the black market. The black market would dry up, since the majority of its former "customers" would be [B]unwilling to pay the prices that made the risk of drug dealing worth taking.[/B] In one stroke, we would flush hundreds of thousands of addicts [I]out[/I] of an overburdened criminal justuce system and into the supervised medical system where they belong. The billions of dollars that are currently funding narco-terrorism down in Mexico would dry up and remain in our country. Is it a perfect solution? Hell no. There is no "perfect" solution. But it would be a far sight better than what we are [I]currently[/I] doing, which pretty much consists of beating our head against a brick wall while being oblivious to the fact that it isnt the wall that is bleeding. [/QUOTE]
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