Re: TI-H: Linux link software.
[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]
Re: TI-H: Linux link software.
depends on how you look at its sucsess.
It caused organized crime....
>
> 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
>
>
>
Follow-Ups:
References: