Mexico Drug War: Your Thoughts?

[CaptainObvious]

sethnintendo said:

CaptainObvious said:
Legalizing it won't solve the problem it will just make it worse. Who can use it and who can't? How much will you charge for it(maybe cheaper buying it on the streets)? If a drug dealer gets arrested will he/she be charged with selling drugs or tax evasion? Drugs are a different monster then alcohol most aren't addicted to alcohol but with drugs your hooked till you die or get help for it.

Only thing i can compare drugs to is gambling cause legalizing it will only increase the crime rate. It's sad how it is but it is one of man's hardest crime to fight.

I am sorry but I can't let you prop up alcohol while dissing other drugs.  Alcohol is a drug.  There are plenty of alcoholics in the USA.  There are about 75,000 deaths per year in USA due to drunk driving, cirrhosis of the liver, etc....  "Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States after tobacco use and poor eating and exercise habits."  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6089353/ns/health-addictions/t/alcohol-linked-us-deaths-year/

So tobacco and alcohol are in the top 3 of leading cause of preventable death.  Amazing that these are legal but if they were made illegal all hell would break out again just like it did during alcohol prohibition.  Find me the death rates of marijuana.  Pretty hard to find because you can't overdose on it.  Did it lead to car crashes?  I am sure but it hard to pinpoint since THC can stay in your system for a few weeks sometimes.  They can see you had THC in your system but they don't know if you were actually high.   Here is a Speedvision study (just 1 person) that actually drove better stoned than sober.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z5jkYvKscw

 

Anyways, stop acting like alcohol and tobacco aren't drugs.  They are drugs.  Least weed is grown naturally and is one of the safest drugs on this planet.  Captain Obvious you sound like you need hit on your head to return to your obvious state.

Acually was talking about herion, cocaine and meth and agree with you alcohol is a drug maybe tougher drunk driving laws would stop all these drunk driving death. Tobacco usage been dropping in the USA thou which is good.