re: RE: legalizing recreational drugs and selling them in shops

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This is sickeningly true. The "war on drugs" is a fricking welfare program.

In Kentucky we even have "drug courts" that are supposed to help the convicted turn their lives around, unite with their families and become productive citizens. That hardly ever happens but the courts add judges, bailiffs, clerks, social workers, etc. to a burgeoning taxpayer liability.

All drugs should be legalized and taxed. Drug courts should be abolished.

Tax revenue from drugs could fund mental health programs that would find people who abuse substances in their attempts to deal with mental illnesses. Presently, Kentucky leads the nation in overdose deaths because our junkies lurk in the shadows.

We need to bring drug use out into the open, let the recreational user enjoy them and help those who become dependent upon them. It's a win-win for everyone.

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That wouldn't stop the black marketing of drugs ... just like liquor stores have not stopped moonshining. To the contrary, moonshining is on a major upswing here in this country.

You cannot legislate morality.

So should we also legalize prostitution throughout the country ... answer: no.

Let the states decide.

Let the states decide everything ... including gambling. And, most importantly, including gun rights.

The problem is that the federal government is too involved in our lives and for none of the right reasons.

Let the states decide then let people move to and live in the states that fit their belief systems.

All problems would be solved.

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Yeah, that's not true. 80% of property crime in Amsterdam is committed by addicts and 50% of the prison population in the Netherlands are drug addicts.

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This doesn't necessarily debunk the claim of the guy you quoted. He's saying crime decreased across the board in terms of numbers of crimes committed. All you're saying is a greater percentage of criminals are drug addicts.

Drug war is a financial and social failure. There is nothing redeeming about it

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i would not feel right about open availability to blow , lsd, and shrooms.

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It would probably be more likely that cocaine would be legalized than the other 2. Even though psychedelics are much more beneficial and safe, they're also less addictive than weed is (if that's possible).

There was great excitement in the 50s and 60s among doctors and researchers that LSD and psychedelic therapy could be used to treat alcoholism, then the counter culture happened and the government outlawed all research on it.

Psychedelics are extremely powerful chemicals that have little to no effect on the body. Many of them are completely organic compounds (like psilocybin). I don't know if they should be legalized but they desperately need to be researched much more.

What's wrong with mind your own fricking business?

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Umm... why? What's wrong with "Don't do that shite"?

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Because it isn't "shite". Psychedelics aren't dopamine releasing chemicals like opiates and stimulants. Psychedelics affect how serotonin controls other neurotransmitters. They're powerful chemicals that could have extremely useful therapeutic properties with no chance of addiction.

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Don't bother. He is a senile old conservative fool.

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Gotcha, kinda new around here

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Don't bother. He is a senile old conservative fool.

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Thank you so much. You cannot imagine how much your vote of approval means to me.