bardicverse said:
rocketpig said:
bardicverse said:
@rubang - Stop pulling me back into this off topic post ;) Fair points around, though i disagree. Yet, I'll just make one point - You say that making drugs legal makes it easier for addicts to get help. What about making an enforcement system so strong that it makes finding illegal drugs IMPOSSIBLE? The addicts will go into withdrawal, and eventually come out of it entirely in time, with the drugs not being in their systems any longer. As they say "quitting cold turkey". Best help they can get |
You're joking, right?
There is no way to create an airtight law enforcement system, even if you went to Big Brotherish measures.
Where there's a will, there's a way. The more drugs remain taboo and the less intelligent discourse that surrounds them, the more they remain a mystery to be abused by various subcultures and anti-establishment types in society. The more law enforcement cracks down, the more money there is to be made from selling those illegal products. Meaning that there will always be drugs available through various black markets, so long as they remain illegal.
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What happens if the source no longer exists? The plant which is the source for cocaine, for example? What happens if they become extinct and cocaine is no longer producable?
Keep in mind Im playing devil's advocate here, since ya's wont let me exit this damn topic ;)
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Impossible. Eliminate cocaine and people will use meth, derived from shit you can buy in any grocery store.
I would like to see someone try to eliminate the poppy plant. That would be quite a feat. What, are you planning on napalming half of Asia?
Besides, eliminate one "natural" drug and three designer substitutes will take its place. Across time and history, there was been one unifying theme amongst cultures:
They all found a way to get fucked up. Every major culture has figured out some method of distilling/brewing or using the natural plants around them to get high. Like I said, where there's a will, there's a way.
