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The _abuse_ of anything is bad. Alcohol is still a societal danger. If you really want to protect people you should make it illegal.

But I bet you like a drink now and then, so you're willing to let other people die so you can get a buzz on.

Edit: can't reply to your reply so I'm appending here:

Your non reply confirms my guess. Because you like your drug of choice you are ok with it being legal, but other people can get fucked. Do you really think people are protected from drugs by making them illegal?

Have you ever given a moments thought to the death and destruction that comes from the War on Drugs itself? Do you have any notion of what a powerful weapon it has become in the war on humanity?

Or are you just a sanctimonious narcissistic nanny-stater? This madness continues because of support from people like you, you twit.



> Your non reply confirms my guess. Because you like your drug of choice you are ok with it being legal, but other people can get fucked.

Alcohol is not my drug of choice. You're assuming a lot here...

> Do you really think people are protected from drugs by making them illegal?

Do I think prosecuting individuals for using drugs makes sense? Not at all, and that has never been my argument here.

I don't want Meth4U Inc. getting people hooked on meth, ruining their lives, and making a massive profit off of them. That is unconscionable.

So decriminalize the use of all drugs. I don't care. I never said I did. Going after individual users is a ridiculous waste of money and human capital.

However, I feel very strongly that the manufacture and sale of dangerous drugs like meth and heroin (or cigarettes) should not be tolerated by society. Will people still find a way to get away with it? Probably, but it's quite a bit harder to make and keep a profit if it's illegal.

> Or are you just a sanctimonious narcissistic nanny-stater?

I think that profiting off of human suffering is not something society should ever tolerate. If that makes me a "nanny-stater", so be it.


> The _abuse_ of anything is bad. Alcohol is still a societal danger. If you really want to protect people you should make it illegal.

There is a huge difference between things that are fatal if abused, and things that are fatal if used as intended.

Surely you must see the difference?


crazy libertarians always find their way into every discussion. try not to get so worked up bud.




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