ARTICLE: 'Ending the war on all drugs'

[unodelacosa]

To me, the definition of a crime must include there being a victim.

Well then all so-called drug crimes—and indeed, all vice crimes, including "sex work"—should not be categorized as crimes. The trouble is: what about selling illegal arms? There's no direct victim in that crime either, yet it's still illegal and I have to consider that while I support basic gun rights for personal and familial protection, obviously no one needs to be collecting enriched uranium, ya feel me? At least, I see no compelling argument for it yet

However, I agree with you 100% on drug prohibition; let's end it. Arms are the one category that is the exception to prove the rule. Whenever a sovereign state-level power criminalizes victimless actions and arbitrarily makes a certain set of selected drugs into contraband, that is definitely a sign of government overreach.

 

[lillye!izabeth]

Codeine is an opiate; since it is a morphine pro-drug I would even venture hard opiate. Heroin was invented as a cure for morphine addiction (as goofy as it was).

I respectfully, and I do mean respectfully disagree and (after decades of use on all ends of the spectrum, including none, w/ds etc) I still feel like drugs are more or less tools and all should be legalized and regulated.

I don't think too many people would CHOOSE to do meth and crack even if it was on the market. Daily marijuana use is now associated with a 42% increase of stroke. (noone is more shocked or less happy about this than me, trust) but I saw no holes in the study that is now on page 1 of cannabis discussion.

Maybe make "hard drugs" and I would include ethanol in that list like pseudophed; where there is some small barrier to purchasing more than the alotted amount. Than I feel the stigma would be more on people who are abusing the tools presented to them.

I agree with your viewpoint, and I enjoyed the article. I function very well on hard drugs. I recently had my house searched, lost my state job and am looking at two felonies and a handful of other charges, for the first time. At 47. Ex-husbands current partner called turned me in. Humiliating and, while ultimately my fault, I am struggling and feeling way too sorry for myself.

It just sucks, I didn't do anything wrong, like as in actual right and wrong. Plus, once people know, that's all they see. That's all you are. I lay and screamed like a little whiny bitch for two days I was and am not noble or one to bear things without significant complaints. I just spent like $20,000 on my mouth getting teeth pulled and Bone put in for implants and I don't want to f****** my teeth even more and plus I hate Suboxone so that's not an option. Possibly subutex but it really doesn't do it for me I had like seven of them in 2 days and really you're only supposed to need like one a day right? And then methadone's even harder to get off than heroin but then my friend gave me some to try it and I think it might actually be well I mean you don't ever get off it but short of going down to Mexico and screaming cartel cartel cartel I don't know how else I'm going to be able to use heroin so I think I'm going to go to the methadone clinic tomorrow. And If I can ever pull my head out of my ass from this far enough to have any sort of motivation I am going to b**** to a lot of people about the prison system in our country it is f****** disgusting and atrocious and pointless and if I try really hard I have to be able to do something but I just hope I can f****** get through this. Drug should be legal it's just stupid.

I really miss sleeping I haven't slept in a week. I haven't gotten out of bed but I haven't slept it's s***** and I know it's only for like a couple weeks but really the psychological aftermath is worse and it really doesn't get better. Supposedly after 8 months but I've only ever tried it before I think three and then 25 years and I am doubtful about that I think people who say that are just f****** lying to themselves or me or both

 

[fairnymph]

I agree with your viewpoint, and I enjoyed the article. I function very well on hard drugs. I recently had my house searched, lost my state job and am looking at two felonies and a handful of other charges, for the first time. At 47. Ex-husbands current partner called turned me in. Humiliating and, while ultimately my fault, I am struggling and feeling way too sorry for myself.

It just sucks, I didn't do anything wrong, like as in actual right and wrong. Plus, once people know, that's all they see. That's all you are. I lay and screamed like a little whiny bitch for two days I was and am not noble or one to bear things without significant complaints. I just spent like $20,000 on my mouth getting teeth pulled and Bone put in for implants and I don't want to f****** my teeth even more and plus I hate Suboxone so that's not an option. Possibly subutex but it really doesn't do it for me I had like seven of them in 2 days and really you're only supposed to need like one a day right? And then methadone's even harder to get off than heroin but then my friend gave me some to try it and I think it might actually be well I mean you don't ever get off it but short of going down to Mexico and screaming cartel cartel cartel I don't know how else I'm going to be able to use heroin so I think I'm going to go to the methadone clinic tomorrow. And If I can ever pull my head out of my ass from this far enough to have any sort of motivation I am going to b**** to a lot of people about the prison system in our country it is f****** disgusting and atrocious and pointless and if I try really hard I have to be able to do something but I just hope I can f****** get through this. Drug should be legal it's just stupid.

I really miss sleeping I haven't slept in a week. I haven't gotten out of bed but I haven't slept it's s***** and I know it's only for like a couple weeks but really the psychological aftermath is worse and it really doesn't get better. Supposedly after 8 months but I've only ever tried it before I think three and then 25 years and I am doubtful about that I think people who say that are just f****** lying to themselves or me or both

I agree you did nothing wrong. It will get better though! PAWS can last many months but it won’t last forever. Sorry you’re going through so much right now. When it rains it pours. The person who turned you in is the one who should be punished, imo. What a bitch.

 

[Rectify]

The War On Drugs is absurd.

 

[unodelacosa]

The War On Drugs is absurd.

Catchy Title though…

 

[Flynnal]

I agree with your viewpoint, and I enjoyed the article. I function very well on hard drugs. I recently had my house searched, lost my state job and am looking at two felonies and a handful of other charges, for the first time. At 47. Ex-husbands current partner called turned me in. Humiliating and, while ultimately my fault, I am struggling and feeling way too sorry for myself.

It just sucks, I didn't do anything wrong, like as in actual right and wrong. Plus, once people know, that's all they see. That's all you are. I lay and screamed like a little whiny bitch for two days I was and am not noble or one to bear things without significant complaints. I just spent like $20,000 on my mouth getting teeth pulled and Bone put in for implants and I don't want to f****** my teeth even more and plus I hate Suboxone so that's not an option. Possibly subutex but it really doesn't do it for me I had like seven of them in 2 days and really you're only supposed to need like one a day right? And then methadone's even harder to get off than heroin but then my friend gave me some to try it and I think it might actually be well I mean you don't ever get off it but short of going down to Mexico and screaming cartel cartel cartel I don't know how else I'm going to be able to use heroin so I think I'm going to go to the methadone clinic tomorrow. And If I can ever pull my head out of my ass from this far enough to have any sort of motivation I am going to b**** to a lot of people about the prison system in our country it is f****** disgusting and atrocious and pointless and if I try really hard I have to be able to do something but I just hope I can f****** get through this. Drug should be legal it's just stupid.

I really miss sleeping I haven't slept in a week. I haven't gotten out of bed but I haven't slept it's s***** and I know it's only for like a couple weeks but really the psychological aftermath is worse and it really doesn't get better. Supposedly after 8 months but I've only ever tried it before I think three and then 25 years and I am doubtful about that I think people who say that are just f****** lying to themselves or me or both

Time to kick some ass. If someone did that to me they might as well have signed their own death warrant.