Should the US legalize drugs?

[halogamer1989]

rocketpig said:

halogamer1989 said:

rocketpig said:

halogamer1989 said:

Cheebee said:
Nothing wrong with legalizing drugs, really. But it depends on the people. I live in the Netherlands and no-one here gives a flying fart about it. Some people use it, but the vast majority doesn't. Of the people who use it, only a tiny minority could be seen as junkies or addicts. But those are everywhere, all over the world. Yes we are a small country, but relatively, we have far less drugs-related problems than other countries like the US for example. That being said, I don't think Americans could handle it.

This is what I mean.  Americans are not mature when it comes to these things.  If they can't handle daily credit cards, how much more can they handle a drug that can have life changing effects?

But they should be allowed to carry firearms.

Does not compute.

2nd Amendment is in the Const's Bill of Rights.  Weed is not.

The 2nd Amendment is vague and can be changed, just as the 18th Amendment enacted Prohibition. Before that point, most drugs were legal.

Again, if Americans are too immature to handle drugs, why should they allowed to carry firearms? And don't hide behind the Constitution. It's 2009 and you're a diehard Republican. As Bogie once said, "It's bad salesmanship."

I am not hiding behind the Const, I am defending it.  Americans have the right, given to them by the founders of this nation to carry arms, not for hunting or the Sunday gathering with the good ol' boys, but to defend against enemies foreign and domestic.  I don't think this warrants a tit-for-tat argument.  I do, however, recognize the tactic you are using and it is nothing against you--it is just how the liberal mindset operates--get the opponent disorganized and off the OT so to better stab him in the back later on with a distinct advantage.  I submit to you that that will not work with me. 

 

Anyway, some kids don't know how to handle guns as well as some adults.  That is fine as long as they don't get hurt.  If they do then education is warranted.  Education in the ways of proper handling of weed is something that should not be subjected to kids and teens to lead to a degredation of moral fabric.