Gronk said:
Die-Hard p/t Jet Fan said:
The absolute legality argument is a bit weak. Up until december last year it was illegal to tape a televison show, have any of you guys pushing this line ever done this? If so how can you justify breaking the law? Popping a pill is a victimless crime whereas taping a tv show violates someones copyright. Recreational use of drugs to me is on the same level as moderate use of alcohol. Drug abuse is as big a problem as alcohol abuse.
Good advice to the kids. Keep away from mine, thanks. :crazy:
I think its great advice.
drug experimentation is normal and healthy. since time immemorial people from all different societies, social status, and backgrounds have taken mind altering drugs. There is a religion - the Peyote church of god - that exsists in arizona where mescalin is legalised for their religious beliefs. It is human nature to endeavour to experience an altered state of consciousness (alcohol anyone?); always has been, always will be.
There have been comments that people dont want their children hooked on drugs. and fair enough too, but from my experience, which is extensive (from personal experience and studying this topic at uni), people dont get hooked unless they are severely lacking something emotionally in their lives. Do your jobs as parents and bring up your children properly with valid and fact driven drug education and your children will be smart enough to experiment, forge a healthy relationship with drugs, and give up when the time is right. Only a few illicit drugs out there are highly addictive, these should be avoided at all costs. Moreover, some of the legal drugs out there are even more highly addictive. If people are worried solely about the addiction factor, then they should be equally concerned with prescription drug abuse. I doubt they are though.
The drugs themselves arent bad, its the people that use them (read: abuse them) that give them a negative impression to greater society. On a pharmacological level some of these chemicals are amazing compounds, with amazing therapeutic benefits. Recent studies have shown that under controlled supervision with a psychologist 3 treatments of MDMA, followed by 2 treatments of LSD can
cure almost ALL psychological disorders. Unfortuately, these studies will not receive funding becasue of the illicit nature of the drugs, and the drug companies (who normally fund the studies) would rather u spent your money on a lifetime of anti-depressants then 5 treatments of illicit drugs to completely heal you.
wow im getting on my soap box here. but ill finish up by saying that it is the laws that are the problem, not the drugs themselves. I would prefer my child, who will almost invariably try drugs at some stage, buy a pharmaceutical grade drug, rather than one made by some backyard chemist in a wok.
let me put this to you: if a family member of yours, one you deeply loved, became addictied to heroin. would you prefer them to be labelled as a criminal, or as someone needing mental help. In an ideal world they'd go the way of other mentally disabled people. They'd be supported by society, rather than scare us on the streets and steal our TV for their next hit. They could go to the chemist and buy their 'fix' at $10 rather than $200. The image of a heroin addict is a malnourished, theiving degenerate. This is our wonderful laws at work. not SOLELY the fault of the drug. Bit of topic here but i thought i'd get all that off my chest. I know i wont change anyones mind with my diatribe, but dont form your opinions based on government drug education policies. Experiment yourselves (or at least talk to some upstanding people in society that are users) and read scientific literature to form your opinions.
me :arrow:
