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Originally Posted by conformfailure
This drug is no friend to humanity.
It's amazing how the Taliban attempted to eradicate the drug and now that the U.S/U.K. is in there, the opium business has blossomed.
Anyone that can't connect the dots is probably an idiot. Nothing like the U.S. of A involved in producing and trafficking drugs.
Expect a drug epidemic in America in less than 5 years. Expect it to be worse than it already is in China.
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In the sense that you're looking at it I would agree, CF. But ironically it also is, especially in the realm of medicine, very much a friend of humanity- more so than alcohol, and even that has benefits for humanity. I don't believe we're going to have any more of a drug epidemic if it is legalized than we do now. That was one of the fears of the prohibitionists concerning the repeal of the 18th Amendment, a fear that never materialized when Prohibition was repealed. Since we're going to have addicts whether the drug is legally available or not I would propose legalizing it and making it reasonably and affordably available through a pharmacist. That would at least alleviate the problems of the associated crimes commited by addicts and those looking for quick sources of astronomical sums of cash, and probably result in a reduction of overdose deaths as well.
And it would rip the financial underpinnings of organizations like Al Qeada, the Taliban and the world-wide drug cartels right out from underneath them.
Seems to me legalizing the stuff would kill a multitude of birds with one stone, if you'll excuse the pun.
Gem
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