A war on drugs could work, and there's no real reason Marijuana should be legal

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · March 22, 2016, 12:09:14 PM

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Aether · March 22, 2016, 12:12:10 PM

Shut up and rip the bong, door.

MyNameIsCharlie · March 22, 2016, 12:12:52 PM

Mr. Psychologist · March 22, 2016, 12:13:12 PM

The problem is, this so called war isn't a war at all.
It's a peace keeping operation and it's doomed to fail.

Until we start sending AC-130s against the cartels, we won't make any progress.
Those gangsters pushing drugs to kids on the corner of a city block? Level it with JDAMs.
The drug mules going through airports? Hang them in the entrance of the terminals.

Make these barbarians remember what total war is truly like.

Dopameme · March 22, 2016, 12:13:37 PM

Verbatim · March 22, 2016, 12:15:14 PM

Personally, I'm all for invoking natural selection by allowing worthless druggies to kill themselves on their substances.

More freedom, less idiots to deal with.

DAS B00T x2 · March 22, 2016, 12:15:42 PM

But it isn't working.

Dan · March 22, 2016, 12:17:03 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 22, 2016, 12:15:14 PM

Personally, I'm all for invoking natural selection by allowing worthless druggies to kill themselves on their substances.

More freedom, less idiots to deal with.

you think this a joke? My friend overdosed after injecting too many marijuanas you heartless bastard.

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · March 22, 2016, 12:20:08 PM

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Dopameme · March 22, 2016, 12:25:24 PM

if verb ever tried pot it should be recorded as a significant event in human history

Sandtrap · March 22, 2016, 12:35:27 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 22, 2016, 12:15:14 PM

Personally, I'm all for invoking natural selection by allowing worthless druggies to kill themselves on their substances.

More freedom, less idiots to deal with.

That only works in theory on paper. What you kinda left out there is the collateral damage done to other people by people who've gone off the deep end with whatever drugs they're involved with.

I mean sure if dad or mom wants to drink their livers into oblivion that's fine.

What's not fine is that mom makes fetal alcohol syndrome babies and drunken dad or mom both abuse their kids.

And they bum money off relatives for more booze when they hit rock bottom.

Emotional and physical damage, yada yada. I mean it'd be great if people could just ruin their lives in privacy and not drag others down with them.

gats · March 22, 2016, 12:36:07 PM

Your opinion on everything dropped to a new level of shit since you became a christfag

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · March 22, 2016, 01:12:51 PM

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Dietrich Six · March 22, 2016, 01:14:45 PM

Brah, tax money.

We need that surplus.

DAS B00T x2 · March 22, 2016, 01:15:02 PM

Quote from: Yulius Kaisar on March 22, 2016, 12:20:08 PM

Quote from: DAS B00T 2016 on March 22, 2016, 12:15:42 PM
But it isn't working.
Because nobody actually tried. You have to actually target the users, not just the sellers and producers, if you want to kill it.

Murder the market and the merchants will find a new trade.

But we lock up black people for possession all the time.

PSU · March 22, 2016, 01:54:09 PM

Theres no good reason why I (an American over the age of 21) shouldn't be able to smoke a joint if I want to.

Jester · March 22, 2016, 03:42:18 PM

Well it hasn't worked so far

Mordo · March 22, 2016, 04:15:07 PM

who needs drugs when you have memes and crippling depression haha

Turkey · March 22, 2016, 04:53:19 PM

tbh I think the war on drugs would be a lot more effective if resources weren't so heavily focused on soft drugs like marijuana. Cocaine, heroine, and similar drugs absolutely should be forcibly prohibited from the country.

Verbatim · March 22, 2016, 05:02:46 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on March 22, 2016, 04:53:19 PM

tbh I think the war on drugs would be a lot more effective if resources weren't so heavily focused on soft drugs like marijuana. Cocaine, heroine, and similar drugs absolutely should be forcibly prohibited from the country.

But why? For what real reason should we inadvertently create an enormous black market which will only lead to more drug abuse, more addiction, more violence, and of course, more money and power to the drug cartels worldwide?

If some junkie loser fuckhead idiot is addicted to some shit, your response is to throw them in prison--why? What exactly does that accomplish?

Turkey · March 22, 2016, 05:04:45 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 22, 2016, 05:02:46 PM

If some junkie loser fuckhead idiot is addicted to some shit, your response is to throw them in prison--why? What exactly does that accomplish?

Nothing.

Verbatim · March 22, 2016, 05:05:55 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on March 22, 2016, 05:04:45 PM

Nothing.

Well, there you go.

More Than Mortal · March 22, 2016, 05:07:06 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 22, 2016, 12:15:14 PM

Personally, I'm all for invoking natural selection by allowing worthless druggies to kill themselves on their substances.

I'm pretty sure you know that predisposition to drug abuse and potential for addiction is a medical issue, not a moral one. Addiction is a disease.

Turkey · March 22, 2016, 05:08:30 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 22, 2016, 05:05:55 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on March 22, 2016, 05:04:45 PM
Nothing.
Well, there you go.

There I go, what?

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · March 22, 2016, 05:09:12 PM

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More Than Mortal · March 22, 2016, 05:10:23 PM

Although, the first line of response to any statement like this is to ask why it should be illegal in the first place. Prohibition of drugs--especially marijuana--is just the wilfully squandering of societal resources.

Verbatim · March 22, 2016, 05:10:57 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on March 22, 2016, 05:07:06 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 22, 2016, 12:15:14 PM
Personally, I'm all for invoking natural selection by allowing worthless druggies to kill themselves on their substances.
I'm pretty sure you know that predisposition to drug abuse and potential for addiction is a medical issue, not a moral one. Addiction is a disease.

A self-imposed one.

I don't know, I really thought that post would've come off just hyperbolic enough to give people the idea that I'm being facetious, but I don't even know why I try to joke around anymore.

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on March 22, 2016, 05:08:30 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 22, 2016, 05:05:55 PM
Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on March 22, 2016, 05:04:45 PM
Nothing.
Well, there you go.
There I go, what?

You have conceded that it accomplishes nothing. Are you rescinding your stated position on the drug war?

Turkey · March 22, 2016, 05:11:33 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 22, 2016, 05:02:46 PM

your response is to throw them in prison

It isn't.

Preventing cartels from conducting business within our borders isn't at all the same as throwing drug addicts in jail.

Quote from: Verbatim on March 22, 2016, 05:10:57 PM

Are you rescinding your stated position on the drug war?

All you did was make up what you thought my position is. You didn't even ask what I think.

Verbatim · March 22, 2016, 05:12:39 PM

Quote from: Yulius Kaisar on March 22, 2016, 05:09:12 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 22, 2016, 05:02:46 PM
What exactly does that accomplish?
Discourages degenerate behavior.

You'll find that discouragement is a form of encouragement in our lovely society.

More Than Mortal · March 22, 2016, 05:15:13 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 22, 2016, 05:10:57 PM

but I don't even know why I try to joke around anymore.

Poe's Law, fam.