Both ways of dealing with the drug abuse have their upsides and their downsides. Many people see lighter punishments as encouraging drug abuse by removing the negative consequences, while jail time obviously has the issues you pointed out such as increasing peoples criminal status. I don't think there is enough data to make a definitive conclusion, but there are multiple sides...

Also, I think you need to understand the difference between legalization and decriminalization. Legalization would have distribution of cocaine next to cigarettes, while decriminalization would change the penalties. Which are you in favor of?

Due to an ever increasing amount of various views in life, taking a stronger hold nowadays such as feminism, it seems that abortion has become a much more hotly discussed topic and a lot of people seem to agree that it's okay to perform abortion, i.e the act of killing a baby, which is still in a mother's womb. So what I want to know from you guys is whether or not you personally are pro or anti abortion?

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Were only disagreeing with your seemingly lack of consequences and accident route on drugs... on having support to leave it or being in jail just for consumptiion I'm against (but while the law is that they must abide).

I don't regard myself as superior, if I tell someone they suck at singing it doesn't mean I'm beyonce. 

Yes, they gave birth to it because they knew they could. And I support that fully that's why it's called PRO CHOICE.

Fetus' have survived being born less than 24 weeks? And people have smoked for 80 years and not suffered at all from it, I guess we should re think the whole smoking being harmful thing?

And I'm not even going to acknowledge that last part because you clearly know how ridiculous that was and I'm not sure why you wasted the energy to put it.

In the same way that  if a sperm never meets an egg, you can't have life.  

If you can never sing, then you can't be a singer.  Regardless of your ability to do so, and regardless of the sperm's ability to do so.  

Science can and has provided a definition for life.  But it can't define when it matters, just in the same way that science can't determine the best favorite color.  

It's a subjective argument that depends on the person.   

You've literally just solidifed the meaning of POTENTIAL. It means you can but it doesn't mean you WILL. I CAN be in a boyband, it doesn't mean I WILL. My sperm CAN develop into life it doesn't mean it WILL if it never meets an egg. It has the potential. 

Ohh the matters part is purely opinion, but if the potential matters then a lot of 13 year olds are fucked. 

So it's wrong for men to care about their children?

Additionally, what if it's the other way around? What if it's the woman that wants to keep the child but the man that wants the abortion? Then by keeping the child the woman is forcing the man in to making a huge financial investment, so in that case the investment argument isn't solely in the woman's favour.

Lack of consequences? I'm saying drugs should be legalised so we can help addicts instead of throwing them in prision. How can you disagree with both? If drugs are illegal you have to put them away. Unless you change the law... which would then make it legal..