isn't it time to legalize all drugs?

Question

isnt it time we demand that at least pot be legal.again

i dont smoke anymore,nor do any drugs,except what my doctor gives me,. but i think it should all be legal

Answer 1

I agree. I don't do any drugs, btu I am totally for the legalisation of them.

At the moment it is taboo, to do them and talk about them in most societies and stuff. Therefore kids can get a hold of something and know hardly anything about it, getting them into trouble.

Drugs were a big part of the 60s, and it was the most peaceful part of history. Alcohol is a horrible and very bad drug, yet legal. If people knew the truth about drugs they would be more healthy with them.

In the 70s, 11 states of America legalised pot, and the levels of useage decreased.
Almost every system is pretty messed up now though.

Increase the peace my brother.

Answer 2

NO. My best friend was killed a year ago last June due to a drunken and drugged driver who crossed the center line and hit her head on. She was dead on arrival, he managed to live for several more hours and later died at the hospital that same night, She was 32, he was barely 20. Does that shed any light on your question? It should. I think of her everyday, even though I'm married with a family, when I think about this I hate my life because she's no longer a part of it. I miss her. It hurts like hell, getting up everyday, and stepping out of bed, knowing she;s no longer in this world enjoying the same things I am. If you've never gone through such a thing, trust me, it's not fun, and when you find yourself doing things where you are having fun, it all ends in a split second because you catch yourself thinking about reality. But you know what? She knows I miss her, and I know she misses me too. When I die, I really want her there to open the gates for me. We never said goodbye, was never a final goodbye, there was never that chance and I believe there was a reason for that, she's not totally gone from me, she never left, that's why we never had that chance. I can't get any closeure, it'll never happen. She was cremated and her ashes weren't burried, there's no resting place for me to even visit! They mark the spot where she was killed along the road, which makes me even more ill. You have no idea, what that guy who had his "fun night out" has cost me, and her family, and even his family. My heart was ripped in half that day and that half of it never grew back, she took it with her. This is all true, sadly, and is why I say no, no drugs should ever be legal, unless under a doctor's orders and prescribed, and I have to wonder about 75% of those too. Thanks, because this has been bottled up for almost a year and a half, and it even keeps we awake at night, almost everynight. Thanks for listening, and I hope I gave you enough reasons for my answer.

Answer 3

This is an issue that is long overdue. The attempt to modify behavior under the guise of "this will be good for you" has never worked, as in the Prohibition Era when "virtuous" people passed laws to outlaw drinking. The War on Drugs has only succeeded in making a select few exceedingly rich, corrupted our courts, overcrowded our jails, bribed law enforcement officers with obscene and irresistable amounts of cash, and replaced benign drugs with designer drugs like crack, meth and ecstacy.

Controlling other's behavior such as this through legislation is something we need to outgrow and transcend, thus relieving society of the ridiculous burdens this failed paradigm always brings upon us. We need to honor each other enough to stop interfering with individual's choices and trust that, whatever the consequences, they will never be as bad as the ones we have now, and that left to their own devices, people will work out these issues in a far better fashion.

When we are honest, we all have to admit that nearly everyone is on one drug or another, and those that are illegal are purely the cultural disposition of that country. What is legal here is not in the country next door ad infinitum, and it is time to wake up and move beyond this narrow minded thinking.

Answer 4

Yes. Cannabis is, in my mind, completely harmless. Only when rolled with tobacco is it addictive,and it can only have a psychological addiction anyway: but that is avoidable. Ecstacy should also be legal, because many people use it as a party drug. We were recently watching a video on drugs in my biology lesson, and there were ex-addicts to crack and heroine etc. and there was one girl who took ecstacy, and did the common thing of taking too much. She said it was awful, but she tried it later and it was great!

However, I believe drugs like Heroine and cocaine should still be illegal. They cause a lot of damage and cause major addictions. They are the only dangerous drugs.

If people know how to take ecstacy correctly: then it's harmless, same rule applies to LSD, and cannabis is harmless. It's time to forget the "bad drugs" frame of mind, and start thinking more evenly.

Hippies are a good example of LSD, pot, and ecstacy users. These people believed in peace and were against violence, if drugs make you like that: let's get them legalized!

Answer 5

No, it would make things worse. Do you want people high on whatever, wandering the streets? Have you ever been around anyone on meth? Putting up with pot heads is bad enough but zombied out hard druggies on the streets legally would lead to more robberies and murders.

Answer 6

think of all of the harmfull drugs that are ALREADY legal

Caffeine
Nicotine
Alcohol
Countless Prescription Medications
Ephedrine
Any of the crazy stuff in cough syrup

and yet... although these things are harmfull to society, we somehow dismiss them when talking about "drugs"

the truth is... we are ALL "on drugs"

I do however have to classify things like cocaine, heroine, and cystal meth as a whole different level of addiction and I would always like to see those substances controlled.

Marijuana however? I see it as a mild drug. and I can't believe how harmless it looks, especially when you compare it to the ever-deadly Alcohol.

Answer 7

If you can tell the government how they could regulate, control distribution and tax it, they would become legal.

But until then, they will remain the way they are. . . So either drop the habit or get used to being a criminal.

Answer 8

no- we can't handle responsibly the drugs that are legal...
per Wikipedia, 17,000+ deaths in 2003 from drunk driving-
400,000 deaths from tobacco.

care to predict what the death toll would be if everything was legalized?

Answer 9

My friend's brother was killed by a driver who was high on pot and drunk.

The answer is no.

Answer 10

A resounding NO. All we need is more pill heads run around doing who knows what.