The war on drugs have been going on for almost 40 years now right? it started with Nixon in 71' or 72' right? The goverment hasn't won, They've just spent more money then I know a word to pronunce with. Can anyone give me a good reason as to why drugs are illegal, I really have no clue why.

Drugs versus Medications...If you have a prescription then the Medications for the Drugs are LEGAL. Even Controlled Substances/drugs are legal with a valid prescription. STILL even with a valid Prescription a person can be arrested for DUI. Seems unfair sometimes when a Diabetic can cross over the highway lines, be slurred in speach and is literally out of it and should not be operating any equipment, esp. on highways...Still there are those with a certain religious affiliation that can even legally carry a small enough amout of "weed" for personal use. I'm a believer that ANYONE that poses a threat to the general public because of medications or even the lack of medications, even using or not using (as in withdraws) should be treated the same when the laws are applied. THere are to many accidents, some fatal, caused be even the use of legal medications even alcohol which is legal at ages depending upon the State Laws. Coke, the soft drink once was the "real thing"...with legal amounts approved by the government. EVEN Moonshine, White-Lightning, Corn Squeezins' is outlawed for many reasons. It's not just the Taxes that are not imposed, or the quality, I'd say it is the quanity and profits more than anything. It is legal for example in Kansas to brew a certain amount of beer, wine, etc but it is supposed to be consumed by the brewer. Wine and beer are not hard to make and it is often very exact to the way a person feels/wants their batches to taste. Beer can be really thick and you only pour off the top 3/4ths of it in some batches (due to the amoun of yeaast or sediment)...wine can be dry or very sweet depending upon how you want it to taste. Drugs, even prescription Medications if you are not the person for which the medication is prescribed are illegal. It's not a fine line that can be argued. Pot/weed/MJ grows here in Kansas even alongside the Interstates in some places and is still being sprayed as it found growing. Durring WW II it was grown as a cash crop for making "lines" or ropes as some people still call them today. The stuff that grows along the Interstates is very poor quality as far as trying to harvest and smoke as I am told. Still some states still grow weed and make clothes out of them (as in Arizona.) I found it interesting to find that in Bisbee, AZ you could by shirts, blouses, vests, pocketbooks all sorts of clothing items. Rambling on as I do I hope this slight insight helps in a way to clue you into an answer (or direction) that you are looking for.

A Univercity of Texas teacher did a study on the effects of driving drunk, stoned, and sober. Which was the safest driver? The stoner!! True look it up.

Also because the oil industry was loosing money. Marijuana can and will save the world. Did you know everything hemp can be used for?? Lets see you can make clothing, ropes, paper, just to name a few. With the left overs from making any of the latter you can make FUEL! An acre of hemp is equel to 4 acres of anything else used for paper. It grows faster and, as stated above has more then one use. Hemp would save the world, literally!! Our economy would be fixed, no more fuel problems, and we wouldn't have to distroy the rainforest anymore.

As for all the other drugs, i think that if you study the effects of illegal drugs, you would find that alcohol and cigarretts should be illegal as well.

Save the world, legalize Hemp, and while your at it Marijuana too!

because judges and lawyers need to make money.

quote:

A Univercity of Texas teacher did a study on the effects of driving drunk, stoned, and sober. Which was the safest driver? The stoner!! True look it up.

misspetarcade, I can tell you are young because of the six spelling errors in your post. But I think it's great you are stating your opinions.

Did the so-called "study" take into account that the stoner was so paranoid that he was only able to drive 10 mph?

Hmmmmmm.....LOL

Yes i am young, well 25, and i forget if it said anything about age of the people who participated in the study. That is besides the point, would you rather get hit by a stoner going 10 mph or a drunk going 60??

You got that right, SolemanG, and to keep Big Pharma happy, too. Think what the world would be like if we didn't have to have a prescription to feel better...

Drugs are illegal for the simple fact that they represent a vice which the majority of people have determined cannot be permitted.

WHY they think this way is certainly up for debate. For myself, while a substance like marijuana hardly warrents the attention it garners things like cocaine, heroin and any form of meth/speed need to be outlawed. I say this because in the overwhelming majority of people the effects are totally destructive, both phyically and mentally. They are physically addictive even after the use of small quantites and the behavioral effects due to addiction are often criminal and always tragic.

Legality is a societies way of condoning/condeming behaviors. drugs currently fall into the 'comdemed' catagory. Perhaps people will eventually reach a rational methodology for determining that which is condemed and condoned.

Then again, if humans approached that level of rationality I'd venture few, if any, would be still be taking such drugs anyway.

Using this logic, alcohol use should also be made illegal, no?

Hey, I'm society, and I don't condone alcohol, or heterosexual marriage, or Disney movies... I think they should all be illegal! These things go on right in the middle of your living room, and they are far more subversive than something that makes you fall asleep.

There are reasons for the illegality of various forms of cannabis, but they have nothing to do with American social mores. Open your eyes and follow the money.

quote:

Originally posted by misspetarcade:
Yes i am young, well 25, and i forget if it said anything about age of the people who participated in the study. That is besides the point, would you rather get hit by a stoner going 10 mph or a drunk going 60??

Wow! Are those our only options? Drunk or stoned, you've got no business behind the wheel of a car.

quote:

Originally posted by JohnTrain:
Using this logic, alcohol use should also be made illegal, no?

Surem the majority tried that once, turns out they could not practice what they preached so they repealled it. People were willing to live with the downside. If you want to try again let's put it a vote. I don't drink (at all) but would not vote to make it illegal. I don't take drugs (never have) and I'd vote to legalize marijuana.

Since most people don't take illegal drugs and those who do don't seem bothered by the legality and generally don't run afoul of the lawe. The market seems to feel the status quo is fine- else it would change.

It's hard to tax a weed that can be grown in your backyard and sold for thousands of dollars. Therefore pot is illegal. Other narcotics like cocaine, speed, heroin, and meth just make people crazy and ugly. We don't want anymore crazy ugly people that can't help themselves and rob the welfare system.

misspetarcade- you could grow hemp on every available acre in the United States and still not produce enough fuel to supply the demands of this country.

As a previous person implied drugs that can be controlled by the government are legal.

The ones they don't control are illegal.

As was stated marijuana can be grown almost anywhere which means people who use it wouldn't be paying anything (e.g. taxes).

It's important to note the distinction since it emphasizes the hypocrisy of the "war". The "war" is about control, not controlled substances.