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Prohibition DID work. The amount of public drunkeness was drastically reduced
and ALOMST EVERYBODY stopped using alcohol.
David Knaack wrote:
> From: Archon (David) <hul@netdoor.com>
> >I've seen several people (in high school) who are totally fscked up on
> >weed.
>
> Yes, use of excessive amounts can be bad. That goes for just about
> an activity. There are lots of people who drink far too much too, but
> making alcohol illegal did not work (for a multitude of reasons).
>
> >I support anti-drug measures. I do feel like some things (like DARE) are
> >stupid, but there should be much more effective airborne border controls,
> >being as that is the main pipeline of foreign drugs in the U.S.
>
> Shutting down the borders would not be effective, as the plant can be
> grown damn near anywhere. Enforcement would probable get even
> harder I think. As the imported supply decreased the price would
> skyrocket, sending tens of thousands of people inside the US into
> low volume production (and of course lots of them into high volume
> production). Supply chains would be much smaller and shorter, making
> it much more difficult to catch anyone that would make a difference.
>
> Not that this would be bad I suppose, I mean, we all support American
> made products right? :)
>
> >If weed _is_ legalized, think of the problems. Drunk driving bad? Think
> >what'll happen if people start driving stoned?
>
> Probably not as bad a problem as drunk driving, but yes it would be a
> hazard. I support prison terms (or as a voluntary alternative, public
> lashings) for first time intoxicated driving offenders. The problem in
> the US isn't that we don't have laws about driving while impared, but
> that we don't punish those who do. Without credible inforcement
> laws carry no meaning.
>
> >One of the major reasons a lot of kids smoke weed is that it's illegal.
>
> That seems to be something adults like to think, but having been a
> kid myself not too long ago, and speaking from my own experiance,
> I think that in most cases that is not true. Usually kids do what they
> think will be fun, or that their friends tell them is fun and disregard the
> law. If they like it they'll probably do it again, if not, they probably
> won't do it again, simply to spite the system (and or their parents).
>
> There is a rebellion issue there, but I never saw anybody habitually
> do something they didn't like to do just to rebel.
>
> >If it becomes legal, people will just start doing illegal stuff, like
> crack,
> >lsd, stuff that will _really_ screw you up.
>
> If cannibis does become legal (ala tobacco, with no education
> required to smoke) I would expect some increase in usage of
> other drugs (although putting LSD in the same class with crack
> is clearly a mistake. LSD is another drug that is not physicaly
> addictive). Pot smoking is frequently called a gateway drug,
> tame, but enough to whet the appitite for more intense experiances.
>
> >Plus, if it's illegal, if you think school bathrooms
> >stink now, imagine if they smelled like weed...
>
> Thats an issue your school needs to deal with, at my school your
> first tobacco offense was an automatic suspention, repeat offenders
> were expelled. Same went for all other illegal drugs. True 'Zero
> Tolerance', a policy I happen to agree with in law enforcement (that
> is, I agree with a two strikes policy with extreme concequences, not
> the unconditional and unilateral prohibition of substances).
>
> DK
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