Drugs Are Bad

[Warda]

America and other nations have been engaged in a drug war since the 1800s, although not official beginning until the famous speech by Nixon where he declares war on drugs
(here is the video). This has continued to modern times and is still famous for the 80s campaign by Nancy ReaganJust Say No campaign. The popularity of different drugs has changed from time to time originally from opium to modern designer drugs and abusing prospection drugs. The British Empire gained massive wealth and power from the drug trade, only to have their own citizens to begin using and creating social problems and increasing frequency of crime and poverty. They regulated the sale of opium to improve peoples lives and their nations stability. This however began the illegal production of opium for illegal usage. The cycle of banning drugs and then combating their illegal production still continues to this day and is a controversial social issue for many.

I however think there is only one opinion for the drug problem and that is banning them and combating illegal production. I would like to see a increase in combating producers and rehab clinics or treatment centers. I understand that people are concerned with public spending, but the benefits to society outweigh the finical cost of fighting illegal drugs. Drugs ruin families and lives and cause disruption in society that can only be stopped with their banning.

Information On Drugs

Marijuana
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/pot/a/effects.-Lya.htm
http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/evidence99/marijuana/Health_1.html
http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/marijuana/the-harmful-effects.html

Cocaine
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/coke/a/effects.htm
http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/cocaine
http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/cocaine/effects-of-cocaine.html
http://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/cocaine

Opiates
http://www.purehealthgroup.com/harmful-effects-of-opiate-addiction/
https://www.boundless.com/psychology/psychopharmacology-and-drugs-of-abuse/depressants-slow-body-functions/the-effects-of-opiates-on-functioning/
http://www.deamuseum.org/ccp/opium/effects.html
http://www.livestrong.com/article/72769-longterm-effects-opiate-use/

Meth
http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/methamphetamine
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meth/body/
http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/crystalmeth/the-deadly-effects-of-meth.html
http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/drugs/crystalmeth.html

Drug Treatment Centers/Programs Information/Sites
http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/
http://www.hazelden.org/
http://www.addictioncareoptions.com/
http://www.narconon.org/

[Novaya Tselinoyarsk]

I however think there is only one opinion for the drug problem and that is banning them and combating illegal production.

Because it's worked well so far.

[TaQud]

is medical marijuana considered a bad drug too?

[Olthar]

Prohibition doesn't, and never will, work.

[Technopolis]

I feel like making weed illegal while it's still fine to sell tobacco is a ridiculous double standard.

[Wintersun]

Any drug can be bad, it just depends on the user. Even caffeine can be deadly if you consume enough of it, and some teens will do so or come close to it. Drugs need to be regulated and taxed, not banned. Regulation allows for much more consumer safety as well as a metric assload of tax revenue.

[The Parkus Empire]

Selling drugs makes money and doing drugs is fun--for a lot of people. Good luck.

[Novaya Tselinoyarsk]

Any drug can be bad, it just depends on the user. Even caffeine can be deadly if you consume enough of it, and some teens will do so or come close to it. Drugs need to be regulated and taxed, not banned. Regulation allows for much more consumer safety as well as a metric assload of tax revenue.

Water is also poisonous when consumed in high quantities. Ban water.

[Olthar]

Any drug can be bad, it just depends on the user. Even caffeine can be deadly if you consume enough of it, and some teens will do so or come close to it. Drugs need to be regulated and taxed, not banned. Regulation allows for much more consumer safety as well as a metric assload of tax revenue.

Water is also poisonous when consumed in high quantities. Ban water.

Ban oxygen, too. That's even more poisonous than water.

[Blasveck]

1. Prohibition. Look what happens when you tell people what they can't put in their bodies.
2. You have no right to tell me if I can smoke marijuana or not. It's MY body, so it's MY choice. Not yours.

[Meryuma]

What defines what's a harmful drug? Do you support a ban on alcohol? Tobacco?

Also, drugs have been banned and it hasn't stopped shit. You say all this like all drugs are currently legal.

[Tagmatium]

Banning drugs has done... precisely what?

Other than give money that could have been given to legal companies and organisations to criminals, of course.

Huge amounts of money.

[Cadia]

They say that 100% of consumers of Dihydrogen Monoxide die. I say we ban it.

[Williamson]

prohibitation causes a lot of problems and doesn't really fix anything.

[Olthar]

Banning drugs has done... precisely what?

Other than give money that could have been given to legal companies and organisations to criminals, of course.

Huge amounts of money.

Drug lords are some of the richest people on the planet, and they don't pay any taxes on any of that income. Imagine what we could do with a few extra billion dollars in the national treasury.

[New Octopucta]

Drug lords are some of the richest people on the planet, and they don't pay any taxes on any of that income. Imagine what we could do with a few extra billion dollars in the national treasury.

Spend it on the military?

[Olthar]

Drug lords are some of the richest people on the planet, and they don't pay any taxes on any of that income. Imagine what we could do with a few extra billion dollars in the national treasury.

Spend it on the military?

There's always plenty of brown people to blow up.

[Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic]

1. Prohibition. Look what happens when you tell people what they can't put in their bodies.
2. You have no right to tell me if I can smoke marijuana or not. It's MY body, so it's MY choice. Not yours.

Some drug dealers wouldn't mine shooting YOUR body if you upset them.

[New Octopucta]

Some drug dealers wouldn't mine shooting YOUR body if you upset them.

Currently. But what if drug dealing was legal and they could set the feds on your ass if you didn't pay them?

[Mkuki]

Banning drugs has done... precisely what?

Other than give money that could have been given to legal companies and organisations to criminals, of course.

Huge amounts of money.

Drug lords are some of the richest people on the planet, and they don't pay any taxes on any of that income. Imagine what we could do with a few extra billion dollars in the national treasury.

They also spend quite a sum on buying the loyalty of the rural folk. Hell, Pablo Escobar built soccer stadiums in poor neighborhoods in Colombia.

[Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic]

A. The Libertarian: "It's my choice to get high, not yours!"

B. The Conservative: "Drugs are evil and will demoralize society!"

C. The Capitalist: "Fuck personal choice and morale, I want to get some cash! Legalize drug use so that I could sell the stuff nationwide!"

I am letter "C".

[The Parkus Empire]

Banning drugs has done... precisely what?

Other than give money that could have been given to legal companies and organisations to criminals, of course.

Huge amounts of money.

Drug lords are some of the richest people on the planet, and they don't pay any taxes on any of that income. Imagine what we could do with a few extra billion dollars in the national treasury.

Space program.

[Blasveck]

A. The Liberal: "It's my choice to get high, not yours!"

B. The Conservative: "Drugs are evil and will demoralize society!"

C. The Capitalist: "Fuck personal choice and morale, I want to get some cash! Legalize drug use so that I could sell the stuff nationwide!"

I am letter "C".

For A, that's the libertarian position.
Letter C, well, that's obvious.

Letter B? Got nothin to say

[Blasveck]

Drug lords are some of the richest people on the planet, and they don't pay any taxes on any of that income. Imagine what we could do with a few extra billion dollars in the national treasury.

Space program.

^This.

[TaQud]

Space program.

^This.

into space right?