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piercehawkeye45 · 02-29-2008, 02:57 PM

Before a good law could be made, there has to be a distinction between "soft" and "hard" drugs. I support the legalization of all drugs but think that the "hard" drugs should be regulated much more heavily than "soft" drugs.

"Soft drugs"

Marijuana
Shrooms
LSD
Ecstasy
Alochol
Tobacco

"Hard" Drugs

Cocaine
Crack
Opiates
PCP
Meth
etc

I would like to see all the soft drugs have the same rules and regulations. They should be legal for everyone above 18 but if someone breaks the law while under the influence of one of these drugs, the penalty for the crime should be increased. These drugs, while potentially harmful, will not kill people (besides alcohol) and only present a risk to society or other individuals when one loses control.

The economic regulations will have to be a little different with the traditional illegal drugs compared to alcohol and cigarettes because of business interests but that will be easy to solve if any solution is necessary.

The hard drugs should be either prescribed or heavily regulated over the counter (I haven't thought about this too much yet). These drugs are dangerous to not only the user, but the people around them but this is the best solution in my opinion because if we have no regulation or totally illegalize it, it will be abused much more often. We can not prevent hard drug use, but we can lower the numbers with education and regulation.

I believe all drugs should be legalized because it is in the same boat as alcohol and sex. Prohibition failed and teaching safe sex will cause many less pregnancies and STDs as opposed to abstinence. As I said earlier, you can not stop drug use or sexual activity, but you can lower the numbers by education and regulation and more importantly, teach kids to do these more responsibly.

Other reasons is that it will lower the amount of people in jail, it will stop the black market on drug trade and the crime that comes with it, allow faster and more effective rehabilitation, safer and more pure drug use since some drugs like ecstasy are safe when pure but very dangerous when cut with heroin or meth, brings some money to the state in forms of taxes, better research on drugs, and can have better control solving problems when it comes to drug use.

02-29-2008, 02:57 PM	#18
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Before a good law could be made, there has to be a distinction between "soft" and "hard" drugs. I support the legalization of all drugs but think that the "hard" drugs should be regulated much more heavily than "soft" drugs. "Soft drugs" Marijuana Shrooms LSD Ecstasy Alochol Tobacco "Hard" Drugs Cocaine Crack Opiates PCP Meth etc I would like to see all the soft drugs have the same rules and regulations. They should be legal for everyone above 18 but if someone breaks the law while under the influence of one of these drugs, the penalty for the crime should be increased. These drugs, while potentially harmful, will not kill people (besides alcohol) and only present a risk to society or other individuals when one loses control. The economic regulations will have to be a little different with the traditional illegal drugs compared to alcohol and cigarettes because of business interests but that will be easy to solve if any solution is necessary. The hard drugs should be either prescribed or heavily regulated over the counter (I haven't thought about this too much yet). These drugs are dangerous to not only the user, but the people around them but this is the best solution in my opinion because if we have no regulation or totally illegalize it, it will be abused much more often. We can not prevent hard drug use, but we can lower the numbers with education and regulation. I believe all drugs should be legalized because it is in the same boat as alcohol and sex. Prohibition failed and teaching safe sex will cause many less pregnancies and STDs as opposed to abstinence. As I said earlier, you can not stop drug use or sexual activity, but you can lower the numbers by education and regulation and more importantly, teach kids to do these more responsibly. Other reasons is that it will lower the amount of people in jail, it will stop the black market on drug trade and the crime that comes with it, allow faster and more effective rehabilitation, safer and more pure drug use since some drugs like ecstasy are safe when pure but very dangerous when cut with heroin or meth, brings some money to the state in forms of taxes, better research on drugs, and can have better control solving problems when it comes to drug use. __________________ I like my perspectives like I like my baseball caps: one size fits all.