Pharmaceutical companies are trying to create a nation of addicts and pay doctors to proscribe
addictive medications for non-existent conditions. The money made by legal pharmaceuticals alone
exceeds the total spent on heroin, cocaine, marijuana and all other banned drugs combined, and
that's without considering the profits of the two most commonly used drugs, alcohol and nicotine.
The only reason certain drugs are kept illegal is because they are not profitable to corporations.
Marijuana will be legalized when agribusiness controls it, not when marijuana is useful for
controlling pain and disease.
Yes I'm for it.
Drugs definitely don't help you any better. So what's the point of legalizing them? It only makes
you worse. Compare someone with a normal diet, and who does not abuse a substance to someone who is
dependent on drugs.
Which one is better off?
This country probably shouldn't have legalized junk food, because that is REALLY bad for you too.
The idea that drugs damage people in all sorts of ways is not the issue. They are banned now and people are have serious problems with them. The question really is would legalising them result in less problems. Not whether taking drugs is good or bad for you.
Shouldn't it then also be immoral to persuade people not to? Would the moral action not be to ensure the individual has a sufficient and balanced knowledge of the effects of the drug, and then allow them to make a decision?
It is immoral to refrain from providing people will sufficient and unbiased knowledge of drugs. It
is immoral to use biased and incorrect propaganda against drugs. It is immoral to prevent adults
from making an informed decision for themselves.
I am in favor of the legalization of drugs because i believe in the ability of the individual to
make his or her own choices. I say that, but am not thrilled with some of the possible consequences
as have taken place in Amsterdam as a result of their policy. I am not so sure that the overall
effect has been positive in that country.
I will tell you that i have been recovering from some surgery (hence my availability on this site)
and it has been particularly painful surgery. For me to get some fairly mild pain killers, i have
to go hat in hand to my doctor and ask for them. I am an adult and i can make my own decisions
about the medication.
I agree with most everything Balders (don't get too used to it) has pointed out, but still worry
about the ultimate results.
I think that legalising drugs needs to be given proper consideration. Drugs are bad for your
health, but the reason to legalise them is not to encourage their use. It would mean that they
could be taxed, monitored, taken out of the hands of the criminals, they would be cleaner (not cut
with Ajax and rat poisen). It would mean less decent people would be criminalised if they used them
casually, the dangers and benefits would be out in the open. Police resources would no longer be
used up chasing drug dealers and users and the money could be spent on proper rehab.
the word immoral means morally wrong , so the question is basically saying '' do you think it is wrong to legalise drugs?'' do you know what i mean , you do have some good points thanks . wbs
12 May 2008 16:38
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