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I guess people have the right to mess up their brain/body if eh want. I will personally never take any substance that hinders my body or my career.



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man-bear-pig said:
ThatGreekGuy said:
man-bear-pig said:
Why is the d in do capitalised?


Why Does it even matter?


It Doesn't matter I suppose...


Damn right it Doesn't!



I actually think drugs are a pretty awful thing to do but I think there should be rational regulations put in place to determine which drugs are legal and which drugs are illegal. Personally, I think a lot of the problem we have with drugs in our society is the mixed messages everyone gets:

Don't do drugs, its wrong to alter your mindset

  • Take Ritalin to help you focus
  • Dring alcohol to have fun

Doing drugs doesn't solve hard problems

  • Take prozac to cure your depression
  • Take phen phen to lose weight
  • Use Statins to fix your high cholesterol

We live in a drug obsessed culture but we only see some of the drug obsession as being bad ...



Drugs are simply a means to a desired effect. They are a shortcut for the similar natural euphoria we can experience through accomplishment, attraction, friendship and physical exertion. Whether they are ok to do or not is a very personal moral view and can be an extremely situational thing. Your post seems to imply drugs are bad. I am guessing you mean illegal drugs.

Are sweets and fatty foods ok in your opinion? They hurt your body and can be addictive. What about video games or sex? People lie, cheat and steal for video games and sex. Is neglecting your responsibilities as a person for video games better than doing the same for drugs? What about using a tanning bed or taking diet pills? Some people can control these things the same way some people can casually drink, smoke pot or experiment with harder things.

Drugs by themselves are not bad. Society has decided to ban them and give them a negative stigma because many people cannot handle them. As you grow up you realize there are way more functional drug/alcohol users than you ever expected as a child. The bottom line is all the things mentioned above are vices. Vices offer instant gratification in exchange for some form of detriment. That detriment could be time, money, health or something else. No one should be able to make that choice for an individual, especially the government. Our laws are in place to try and prevent a society of zombies that just get high all day.

My question for the OP is why do you think they are inherently bad? Before you answer realize you most likely game an "unhealthy" amount and neglect things for gaming. Not saying drugs are great, just hoping to make people think =)



ThatGreekGuy said:
man-bear-pig said:
ThatGreekGuy said:
man-bear-pig said:
Why is the d in do capitalised?


Why Does it even matter?


It Doesn't matter I suppose...


Damn right it Doesn't!

Stop now please...



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NintendoPie said:
LemonSlice said:
The problem is some governments', like America's, dealing with the drug problem creating more problems than solving. (that's a lot of problems, sorry)

And seriously, marijuana? Legalize that shit.

But why do you think marijuana should be legalized? 


It's harmless (for adults at least), the "geteway drug" thing is BS propaganda, and doing anything about it only creates crime where there isn't.



NintendoPie said:
LemonSlice said:
The problem is some governments', like America's, dealing with the drug problem creating more problems than solving. (that's a lot of problems, sorry)

And seriously, marijuana? Legalize that shit.

But why do you think marijuana should be legalized? 


It isnt any worse than alcohol, which is legal.  If you are going to legalize one, why not the other?  



I have sinus problems and drugs help me get through the day.



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gergroy said:
NintendoPie said:
LemonSlice said:
The problem is some governments', like America's, dealing with the drug problem creating more problems than solving. (that's a lot of problems, sorry)

And seriously, marijuana? Legalize that shit.

But why do you think marijuana should be legalized? 


It isnt any worse than alcohol, which is legal.  If you are going to legalize one, why not the other?  

True. But then what regulations should be put in place to keep people from being really stupid with it?

@Amp >_>



gergroy said:
NintendoPie said:
LemonSlice said:
The problem is some governments', like America's, dealing with the drug problem creating more problems than solving. (that's a lot of problems, sorry)

And seriously, marijuana? Legalize that shit.

But why do you think marijuana should be legalized? 


It isnt any worse than alcohol, which is legal.  If you are going to legalize one, why not the other?  


In the end more people will be harmed and other might be more harmed than before (if combined), so why legalize it?

The thing with alcohol is that we have have had it plentyful of years and I don't think that anyone wants to have a taste of uproars if it gets illegal.



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