do you feel partially responsible for the constant murders in méxico?
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No.
IMO The problem is that drugs are illegal. Look at alcohol during the prohibition: It became a crime and criminal elements flourished. The "solution" was much, *MUCH* worse than the problem.
The same applies to drugs, especially the lesser harmful ones (Weed, XTC, etc.)
The same applies to drugs, especially the lesser harmful ones (Weed, XTC, etc.)
Have you ever been to Mexico? It's a shit-hole ... I'd shoot 4,600 people if I had to live there too.
I pretty much hate everyone. So it all balances out for me.
carpetsmoker: i generally agree with you. but given the status quo, there are two solutions to stop this. the first is to legalize, the second is to curb demand. as an individual, i can only do one.
jean-paul sartre stressed personal responsibility, and i stand with him.
jean-paul sartre stressed personal responsibility, and i stand with him.
depends on the drug, really. I'm not doing coke.
The cartels are making most of their money on harder drugs, not weed. So no ... I don't give a fuck. I only do weed so I'm not directly responsible for any violence because most of my stuff is from Cali. As for a feeling of indirect responsibility .... I have to say that I feel 0 remorse.
First off, I feel that legalizing drugs is the only way to regulate, tax, and maintain prevention. It's a public health issue, not a morality one. The war on drugs is obviously a failure. The fact that it does not matter how I vote because of right-wing ideology in Texas, makes me feel powerless to create a change. Yea, Harris county went blue, but not enough people live in Harris county to legalize medicinal marijuana, let alone drugs. We can't even get funding for a needle-exchange program in Houston. So ... yea. Naw I don't feel guilty, and I will smoke in front of anybody who thinks otherwise.
First off, I feel that legalizing drugs is the only way to regulate, tax, and maintain prevention. It's a public health issue, not a morality one. The war on drugs is obviously a failure. The fact that it does not matter how I vote because of right-wing ideology in Texas, makes me feel powerless to create a change. Yea, Harris county went blue, but not enough people live in Harris county to legalize medicinal marijuana, let alone drugs. We can't even get funding for a needle-exchange program in Houston. So ... yea. Naw I don't feel guilty, and I will smoke in front of anybody who thinks otherwise.
> The cartels are making most of their money on harder drugs, not weed. So no ... I don't give a fuck.
the doctor interviewed said that the violence is even caused by cannabis.
> I only do weed so I'm not directly responsible for any violence because most of my stuff is from Cali.
you still affect demand, because it is a commodity market.
the doctor interviewed said that the violence is even caused by cannabis.
> I only do weed so I'm not directly responsible for any violence because most of my stuff is from Cali.
you still affect demand, because it is a commodity market.
> but given the status quo, there are two solutions to stop this. the first is to legalize, the second is
> to curb demand. as an individual, i can only do one.
>
> jean-paul sartre stressed personal responsibility, and i stand with him.
To me it sounds like bending over backwards to make the effect of extremely bad legislation somewhat less bad ... But I guess you do have a point.
I wonder why there is so much resistance against drugs legalisation from almost all political directions ... It makes no sense IMO ...
As a sidenote, I don't use drugs, except alcohol, which strangely enough is legal ... I could do without alcohol, I just like beer (The same way I like things such as science fiction, banana's, or the color blue).
> the doctor interviewed said that the violence is even caused by cannabis.
You mean the drug effect causes violence or that the criminal scene causes violence?
> to curb demand. as an individual, i can only do one.
>
> jean-paul sartre stressed personal responsibility, and i stand with him.
To me it sounds like bending over backwards to make the effect of extremely bad legislation somewhat less bad ... But I guess you do have a point.
I wonder why there is so much resistance against drugs legalisation from almost all political directions ... It makes no sense IMO ...
As a sidenote, I don't use drugs, except alcohol, which strangely enough is legal ... I could do without alcohol, I just like beer (The same way I like things such as science fiction, banana's, or the color blue).
> the doctor interviewed said that the violence is even caused by cannabis.
You mean the drug effect causes violence or that the criminal scene causes violence?
Well there's some alternative solutions as well. I mean utter oblivion is one.
> ... the criminal scene causes violence?
this.
this.