Denver mushrooms

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nothing to see here lol

You're right in your critique of the meme. I'm pretty sure DUI will remain illegal. Your second part though has me intrigued. Interesting concept. Are you proposing that we should do away with laws then? Seems as though you're suggesting that keeping a law in place isn't worthwhile, since some people break it.

Yes, making guns illegal leaves a law abiding citizen helpless to defend themselves from a criminal, since criminals don't obey laws. Also, inanimate objects don't commit crimes. Desperate, disturbed, or morally absent people do. The idea that you can legislate the evil out of the world is comical. In my opinion, gun laws are not really apples to apples with the question of laws governing drugs, but I tend to lean towards your point of view. Screw the nanny state. I'm all for liberty, and if someone wants to ingest poison, I guess they should be allowed to. It's a really slippery slope for me though, and I tend to go back and forth on it. What business does the government have to say what we can and can't put in our own bodies? Additionally, should we give the government the power to compel us to ingest/inject something? You may ingest this, but NOT that. Or, you MUST inject this, but may not inject that. Prohibition was clearly a terrible idea that essentially bolstered powerful organized crime families running booze in a black market. I’m not certain of the motives that those elected representatives had when they passed that amendment, but the eventual overturning of it clearly reflected the wishes of our society, which is what makes our system great. We try and pass laws that reflect the views of the majority and when unintended consequences arise or views change, we can alter or abandon those laws. Like I said before, the topic of drug laws is a tough one. Legalizing narcotics would, in a sense, imply that we deem their use acceptable. We have to be careful of the messages we send to curious, impressionable youth as I believe the vast majority of those hooked on drugs begin using early. I’m guessing it might be detrimental to our society to have wholesale, sweeping legalization of narcotics. Where do you draw the line? Do we really want bags of coke and heroin available at the corner store?

Those drugs are so much more hardcore than pot or alcohol and I’ve personally witnessed it wreck the lives of several friends. It eventually killed two of them. Opioids really are OUT of control right now. Despite those tragedies I still say, to each their own. Live by the sword, die by the sword. I think liberty is paramount. However, if we do legalize more drugs the damn government better not try and reach into my pocket and confiscate more of my hard earned money so they can redistribute it and fund the lives of those who choose to spend their money on drugs instead of food, housing, clothing and every other necessity. F THAT, you’re addicted to drugs??? Tough shit. Not my problem. We do need safety nets in place but all too often they are riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse and I believe they often enable the very behaviors they’re intended to change. Why should I change when I can just live like I do and rely on the others via gov’t handouts? There would be positives of legalization. Massive tax revenues from money lost to the black market and a slashing of drug related crime, both foreign and domestic. Do you think cartels, that play such a huge role in many countries, want drugs legal? Hell no. The revenue generated by legalization would probably more than make up for any increase in the government dependency of addicts and so long as the ‘safety net’ programs are funded solely by taxes levied on the production and sale of drugs, I guess I’m for it.