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Why are drugs hated so much in the U.S?

meth, heroin, crack....3 top hated drugs in the US. LSD and the likes is a whole different debate imo. yes, it's very subjective, as the US represents a little bit of every country in the world in my mind...yes, I am a dumb ass American
 
It's because from an early age, kids are taught that drugs are horrible. They will get you hooked for life, kill you, put holes in your brain, etc. and whatever other "facts" DARE decides to punctuate the downside of drugs with. When you're like 10 and being told that x is bad and will ruin you, you keep this idea in your head and some people decide that experimenting (and additionally, research) isn't worth it because of what they've been told to believe. These people will demonize drugs themselves and spread their ideas and support others with similar sentiments.

The bottom line speaks loudest, and the bottom line is that people are told from an early age that drugs are nothing but negative. Some people just take that and run with it, don't bother to get educated...and never get high!

EDIT: There's also a social standard...like legal drugs (even those with a prescription) are okay to use, but if you're at a party coke may or may not be cool with the people there. This standard is almost entirely a legality issue. Alcohol is cool, ecstasy isn't. Thankfully pot (and sometimes psychedelics) is usually accepted in most social circles. The point here being that if it's illegal...you hate it....if not...it's socially acceptable.
 
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i think that if drugs were accepted and legal still like they were before the 1960s and people continued to use and respect those who used, people would have just gotten used to it. people would respect drug use as something to be careful with, they would understand moderation.

now that drugs were outlawed, many think its so incredibly bad, dangerous, taboo, addictive, harmful and such. and i feel that if drugs were legalized there would be like culture shock. there would be an over reaction and fools wouldnt know how to act. thats why they dont legalize.
 
All of these substances have been around in one form or another forever and have been widely used.

IMO, it's whats been fed to us by propoganda and brainwashing that makes them "bad". Heroin, my choice, actually does not damage the body. Only when it is mixed with something else is when an overdose will happen. A book "Licit and Illicit Drugs" notes that overdose was never an issue until heroin went to the black market and was mixed or "stepped on".

I have a real hard time with it all. It's okay for Big Pharma to kill us with their wares (have you read some of the side effects on their products), but for us to take a drug that we know and like is "wrong". I really like to know what happened to personal freedom. GREED.

Another thing, as stated above, the addicts can get their drugs anytime. That has never changed. I can get ANY drug at ANY time with 1, maybe 2 calls. It has been that way for all my life.
 
phatass said:
Because of the religious (evangelical) conservative white republicans.... and maaaaaad propaganda
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Some of those people can be pretty cool. even the religious ones.

Sometimes they have a libertarian bent that leads them to advocate decriminalization.
 
Well, while I agree that the whole "conservative" ideal system slants a large portion of America against drugs, it isn't the real reason why drugs are so hated.

Drugs are hated because the people in power realized they were bad for business. That's why alcohol and cigarettes which are absolutely, 100%, for sure, known killers are sold like crazy to Americans and shit like weed and LSD are so illegal you face serious jail time for ridiculously small amounts.

Marijuana was actually made illegal because it interfered with the paper industry which was run by William Randolph Hearst. It also interfered with the cotton industry, tobacco industry, and several others. These folks in power used their influence to get marijuana controlled. Then, to promote that idea the government started associating marijuana with minorities, Mormons, etc.

As with anything related to human history, it all relates back to the dollar sign. I'm no religious nut. I don't go to church. But, I always find it hilarious how everyone blames EVERYTHING on religion. The Crusades? Not about religion. All about rich land owning nobles in Europe wanting to expand their influence and wealth in the Middle East. Marijuana being illegal? Not about religious persecution. All about big business in America and controlling the populace.
 
It's the same in Europe and in most places in the world and isn't confined to the "U.S.". On the contrary, I find people here are much more liberal in terms of drug usage than Europe.
 
well cigarettes are legal and they kill.

(but they are not mind altering so......)

ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY, that it plain and simple. The cia actually brings in a lot of the street drugs themselves.
 
pemde said:
If everybody was allowed to take any drug they desired for the euphoria then society would be nothing like it is today. Legality does actually stop people from using and if that was not a barrier anymore then we would be surrounded by addicts everywhere. Im with you in that marijuana should be legal but I definitely dont think that ecstasy or oxy's or any of the other drugs along those lines should be. IMO society would definitely not function as well as it does today(if you can call it well) if a lot of the illegal drugs were made legal.
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But that brings to mind the question that how many of these drugs would actually be abused if people could just smoke weed? The ganja does not make addicts out of people like meth or oxy does, if social stigma were the only factor instead of stigma/law then shit would be different because nobody would be making money. Drugs like meth and heroin are pushed because of the profit margin, no other reason. If there were no risk involved in making those things then they would be valueless because people could just cultivate it themselves.

But my point is unrealistic NOW because Nixon's war on drugs is still in effect. Nixon single handedly created the black market, IMO. If it weren't for those laws drugs would be valueless.
 
true on the nixon thing! and MDMA was legal at one point pychristrists were prescribing for patients i wanna say for schizophrenia.

I remember watching the Phil Donahue show way back when, and this was when MDMA was still legal and they were talking about making it illegal and were showing all these governmemnt studies showing that it causes holes in your brain, those reports were later found out to be false, and were done intenntionally to scare the public, there is no real evidence to show that it causes holes in the brain. The governement and the pharmicutical companies are in bed with each other and like i said before its all about money

thats why the taxes on beer and cigerettes have become beyond outragous.
 
sponger said:
" In fact, people in the states can't truly call themselves American unless their granddaddy fought in some war or another.
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That's ridiculous. You seem to have a little anti-patriotism thing going. I love how people who are so unhappy with living in this country are quite hesitant to leave. What's holding you back?
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And warriors don't use drugs -period. That is unless we're talking steroids. And pretty much every conservative media personality in the country says that those athletes are being punished way too hard
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Why don't you call up Barry Bonds and ask if he feels the majority of the (conservative) public believes he's being punished too hard. Maybe Roger Clemens. Both publicly ruined.

True, America has a warrior-type mentallity; and many consider drug use a "weakness" of some sort. Oh well I'm a warrior and a drug user LOL
 
blondchic said:
true on the nixon thing! and MDMA was legal at one point pychristrists were prescribing for patients i wanna say for schizophrenia.

I remember watching the Phil Donahue show way back when, and this was when MDMA was still legal and they were talking about making it illegal and were showing all these governmemnt studies showing that it causes holes in your brain, those reports were later found out to be false, and were done intenntionally to scare the public, there is no real evidence to show that it causes holes in the brain. The governement and the pharmicutical companies are in bed with each other and like i said before its all about money

thats why the taxes on beer and cigerettes have become beyond outragous.
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yes MDMA was legal, up until about 1985 actually. It was used for post-traumatic stress and used in marriage counseling quite often.
pretty much all drugs that are illegal nowadays used to be legal a hundred years ago.
heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, cannabis all used to be legal! They were mostly made illegal b/c of racial prejudices going on at the time and major bullshit propaganda about how "evil" these drugs were.

another reason i believe, that drugs are so hated in the U.S. and other places is b/c most ppl are very ignorant when it comes to drugs. they just believe everything they hear that the government tells them. its kinda funny how ppl realize other news is fabricated but when they are talking about drugs, for some reason they think the media is actually telling the truth! lol.

sorry for the rant but this subject really pisses me off.
 
The gov. has launched new TV ads saying "Marijuana - you don't know what it'll to do you"
:|????! What! It's a fuckin plant.
 
neurofall said:
With drugs like ecstacy there's a high potential for overdose. You feel good, take another, have some more and then die or Serotonin Storm and end up in a wheelchair or in a box.
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This is far from the truth, ecstasy is a remarkably safe drug when handled responsibly. Death is usually caused by dehydration rather than overdose.
However things sold of as ecstasy could create problems unrelated to the mdma. But this is only due to the ilegality of the substance so if it were legal it would be much safer.

Ecstacy in various forms (eg. ritalin) is available as a prescription drug.
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I dont follow. =D
 
^agreed.

who posted that second quote? whoever did is a fucking idiot. MDMA has nothing to do with ritalin(methylphenidate). that is a stimulant similar to amphetamines. ugh fucking ignorance like that pisses me off!
 
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