Gundude wrote:
Problem....solution. Everyone in the US, STOP DOING DRUGS!!!!!
alcohol and prescription drugs as well?
I think a better solution is to legalize some of the drugs in order to better control them andtake the money out of foreign terrorists hands. Its much better to grow and sell marijuana locally then to pay some south of the border gangsters to sneak it into the country. Plus that money will stay in the community instead of being transferred outside of the country.
Alcohol is a very dangerous, intoxicating and addictive drug far more so than marijuana is. We don't see people smuggling it into our country. We don't see the vast amounts of money surrounding it being carted out of our country. We've made it work better and made it much more safe by ending the prohibition on it. We punish the few people who do commit crimes against others in association to that drug instead of punishing the majority of people who use it responsibly without hurting or threatening other citizens.
We do the same thing with firearms.
We allow people to keep them and expect them to use them responsibly. Just because a minority of people choose to use guns to commit crimes, we don't hold everyone associated withfirearms accountable for a few people's mean and criminal behavior.
Should we throw 20 decent non-threatening gun owners in jail just because one person decides to hurt someone else with a gun? How aboutpunishing gun owners because some jerk commits an assault with a knife? Of course not and drugs and alcoholshould be no different.
Are all Catholics a threat deserving to be punished under the law because a few may misuse their influence and commit heinous crimes against children? Should we incarcerate all legislators or police officers because of their association to a few that may accept bribes or commit other crimes even though though the goodones aren'tpersonallyhurting anyone with their choices? Possibly, but onlybecause that would probably be the only way to get a solid point across that people should be held accountable for their own misdeeds and not be broadly persecuted because of other people's opinions or unsubstantiated fears towards an entire group they may generally belong too.