Would You be Tempted to try Drugs if They Were Legalized?

**Janszoon** · 05-08-2011, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by oojay

Chile decriminalized all drugs and actually saw a decline in crime if I remember correctly. (It also correlated with an increase in drug rehabilition cases though).

Same thing happened Portugal too.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 05-08-2011, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Same thing happened Portugal too.

Thaaaaat's what I was thinking of, I mispoke. My mistake.

Howard the Duck · 07-12-2011, 10:42 PM

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why are all these cockroaches crawling up me?

~~Alec~~ · 08-27-2011, 01:31 PM

I'm an advocate for free choice, providing you're able to support your choices without negatively affecting anybody else (working to fund drugs/alcohol rather than stealing) then you should be allowed to do what you like.

GeddyBass2112 · 08-27-2011, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Alec

I'm an advocate for free choice, providing you're able to support your choices without negatively affecting anybody else (working to fund drugs/alcohol rather than stealing) then you should be allowed to do what you like.

There have been some suggestions that the price of drugs would fall under a legalized system, even where taxation and other official stuff is taken into account. Simply, the high price of drugs often comes because a lot of drugs are seized (and the manufacturers and other people along the line have to fund their activities) before even being on the streets, and there's also the cost of bribes and other payments made to various people to ensure that the drugs get through the various stages of travel. Then there's the dealer's profit- this is why often dealers will cut drugs with something else- to maximize profits for themselves.

Legalizing them would do away with the need for bribes and other costs, and would allow for a fairer price for the growers and manufacturers. In essence, you could even see Fairtrade cannabis in the future!

CanwllCorfe · 08-27-2011, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Same thing happened Portugal too.

Just read that on Wiki! It says that those "seeking treatment for drug addiction had doubled", which I guess would make sense! I don't know though. Crime from drug related violence, or more people having trouble with addiction to those drugs. I think it should just come down to each person's own choices.

jackhammer · 09-09-2011, 08:06 PM

Of course I would. You only live a relatively short time so why not try and experience as much as you possibly can.

I do think that certain drugs may not agree with you and background info on side effects is easily done with the wealth of info we tap into now but the docs hand out pills like sweets these days and they have consequences of addiction and side effects but that's OK as they are legal and taxable.

Remember that the flesh is weak and wants to taste as much as it can because it knows it only has a short life span. To deny this is why most of us are pent up balls of aggression.

I only have a joint a few times a year but if it was legal then I would smoke it all the time.

ThePhanastasio · 09-09-2011, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by GeddyBass2112

There have been some suggestions that the price of drugs would fall under a legalized system, even where taxation and other official stuff is taken into account. Simply, the high price of drugs often comes because a lot of drugs are seized (and the manufacturers and other people along the line have to fund their activities) before even being on the streets, and there's also the cost of bribes and other payments made to various people to ensure that the drugs get through the various stages of travel. Then there's the dealer's profit- this is why often dealers will cut drugs with something else- to maximize profits for themselves.

Legalizing them would do away with the need for bribes and other costs, and would allow for a fairer price for the growers and manufacturers. In essence, you could even see Fairtrade cannabis in the future!

Exactly. That is also why it's cheaper for people to buy drugs if they're closer to the original source - e.g. street value of one hit of LSD (blotter) is usually $10-12/hit. Closer to the source, it's around $5.

**Janszoon** · 09-09-2011, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

Just read that on Wiki! It says that those "seeking treatment for drug addiction had doubled", which I guess would make sense! I don't know though. Crime from drug related violence, or more people having trouble with addiction to those drugs. I think it should just come down to each person's own choices.

You're assuming that "more people seeking treatment" means there are more addicts but I don't think that necessarily the case. Based on what I've read about the situation in Portugal, my understanding is that they have taken the resources they would have spent on punishing drug addicts and redirected them toward voluntary rehab programs. That might be why there are more people seeking. Not that there are more addicts but that help is more readily available.

CanwllCorfe · 09-11-2011, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

You're assuming that "more people seeking treatment" means there are more addicts but I don't think that necessarily the case. Based on what I've read about the situation in Portugal, my understanding is that they have taken the resources they would have spent on punishing drug addicts and redirected them toward voluntary rehab programs. That might be why there are more people seeking. Not that there are more addicts but that help is more readily available.

Ohhh okay. That makes sense.

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09-09-2011, 08:06 PM	#237 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Of course I would. You only live a relatively short time so why not try and experience as much as you possibly can. I do think that certain drugs may not agree with you and background info on side effects is easily done with the wealth of info we tap into now but the docs hand out pills like sweets these days and they have consequences of addiction and side effects but that's OK as they are legal and taxable. Remember that the flesh is weak and wants to taste as much as it can because it knows it only has a short life span. To deny this is why most of us are pent up balls of aggression. I only have a joint a few times a year but if it was legal then I would smoke it all the time. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

08-27-2011, 01:31 PM	#234 (permalink)
~~Alec~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 38	I'm an advocate for free choice, providing you're able to support your choices without negatively affecting anybody else (working to fund drugs/alcohol rather than stealing) then you should be allowed to do what you like.