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Old 04-27-2006, 03:00 AM
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Believe it or not, it is drugs that keep human beings alive longer. It's not to say, however, that their longitivity ensures quality of life. See, drugs are nothing more than combinations of concentrated (natural) substances. The way they interact with with our bodies will vary since everyone has a different chemical structure. There isn't a science to it if man is involved in the process.
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Old 04-28-2006, 03:37 AM
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Name one biologically good reason for a healthy person to use drugs.

Ergo, argument over.
The same argument could be made for many currently legal things.
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Old 04-28-2006, 05:33 AM
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The same argument could be made for many currently legal things.
He didn't state illegal goods, but instead drugs in general. Do you take medicine when you are well? When the body is healthy, why polute it with bad substances?
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The same could really be said about tobacco, alcohol and whatnot. Given I don't smoke it myself, what one perceives as bad may be perceived as good to another.

Alcohol is legal and impairs your ability and judgement, marijuana is illegal and impairs your ability and judgement. When people drink, they normally smoke (cigarettes that is - most people, not all) so I honestly don't really see the issue.

Legal or illegal, people are still going to smoke marijuana. The government makes plenty off of the sale of alcohol, however, so illegalizing it would decrease their intake on taxes. Not everyone can simply produce their own alcohol, it'd be more expensive in the end. It's not that hard to grow a plant with a few seeds.

It'd be a bit harder to tax plant growth given it could easily be slung around everywhere (as it already is) given it's natural production and does not require intervention by man as alcohol does.

Maybe a bold statement, though I figure everyone knows the government makes a great deal from taxation of cigarettes and alcohol then turns right around and says don't drink and drive, smoking is dangerous, etc...Very contradicting to their method, however it sells.
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consuming refined sugar, refined salt and hydrogenated fats is far worse for one's health than smoking cannabis...if one eats at mcdonalds on a regular basis ,for instance,they are a drain on the healthcare (diseasecare actually) system, maybe they should be forced to seek mandatory counselling for their habits of consumption...
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Since when did the 'illegal' label equate to being 'bad' for you? It's like saying everything 'legal' is 'good' for you.
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Illegal --> Caught --> Arrested --> Indicted --> Prosecuted --> Sentenced --> <if>Jail or Prison</if> --> Bubba & Big Leroy = Bad
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that's unfair... over here in EU you can smoke in front of the police office and no one will ever say a word... you can get Extasy and LSD no problem, just ask a classmate... than people wonder why EU GDP is going down.
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consuming refined sugar, refined salt and hydrogenated fats is far worse for one's health than smoking cannabis
okay...lets see some medical research to back up this claim....
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Originally Posted by tgillespie
He didn't state illegal goods, but instead drugs in general. Do you take medicine when you are well? When the body is healthy, why polute it with bad substances?
If we are discussing illicit drugs, anyone with even pathetic skills at infering data can realize that he is talking about illicit. Quit trying to play with semantics. We're not policy debating here...
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