re: What drugs do you think should be legal?

We'll you would bring up a valid point, except that none of the drugs we are talkin about are natural which would preclude them from being appropriates avenues of selection. They are designed to trigger all the chemicals in your brain which are typically triggered by doing good shite for you. Sure there are natural substances around which trigger the same receptors. But now it is all packed into a skittle sized ball of fun which is much, much more powerful

I don't think it is a good idea at all, just look at the recent history of opiate abuse, usage and overdoses have been skyrocketing for the last couple decades. Making this shite legal does very few if anybody much good.

And it's not like you can ever go back on this legislation and take away everyone's medicine at that point.

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"cannabis addicts receiving treatment for their habit," This quote invalidates the entire article.

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Only if you are an idiot who doesn't understand the word "habit" and you have no concept of dependence and how it is measured. Sure.

Here is an article on what has happened to the black market for pot in Colorado LINK

It's very hard to try and forecast what will happen if we were to do this. Unfortunately I don't think there would be any easy way we could go back it repeal legalized drugs,

Weed most definitely. There are so many pro legalization for recreation use billboards all over Vegas, the people here are counting the days till it happens.
I am curious as to whether the vape shops will eventually be allowed to sell it cause there's been a massive explosion of new vape shops on every block here. Each time I walk into a vape shop there's usually very few customers so it's odd to see so many of them opening up all over the area.

Pentobarbital. You should try it. In quantity.

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They'll still make it, the legality doesn't matter. Have it out in the open. You can regulate it, but I'd rather not have Billy Bob cooking his batch in his trailer full of kids. You can keep harsh penalties on those that buy unregulated, that would give people the incentive to not go to Billy Bob, and Billy Bob would disappear.

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Not being an arse here, but are you suggesting that the government make and distribute meth because it'd be better than a random hick making it?

Perhaps I missed the point.

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Yeah, taxation will create a black market for sure. I think it was naive of them to believe people would pay more for recreational weed instead of trying to secure a prescription. I think tax rates could be tweaked to pull some away from the black market, but regardless, it will never fully go away.

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Heavily regulating and taxing isn't going to fix the problem. It's going to keep many users from getting busted but it will not fix the black market problem.

I've always hated that reason for legalization. It should be legalized because the govt. shouldn't tell you what you can and can't consume.

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I've always hated that reason for legalization. It should be legalized because the govt. shouldn't tell you what you can and can't consume.

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I agree, the government should have no role. My arguments aren't based off my ideology, they're based on the feasibility of the event happening. You know as well as I do that the government will never exit the picture, so why not talk about realistic outcomes?