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AWEsome!
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can i steal this line for a future screenplay?
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1 .45 automatic.
2 boxes of ammunition.
4 days' concentrated emergency rations.
1 drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills.
1 miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible.
100 dollars in rubles.
100 dollars in gold.
9 packs of chewing gum.
1 issue of prophylactics.
3 lipsticks.
3 pairs of nylon stockings
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AH! And here I was, about to apologize, until the "Chillax". ;)
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Plus it is much more addictive than other drugs. It quickly takes over people's lives.
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I think the argument pot isn't harmful is ridiculous cause I know so many people whose character has been shaped by excessive pot use. Its harmed their career and their health. Pot is more carcinogenic than cigarettes.
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Ha, ha... you just throw that out there as if it was a fact, when in fact, it's just what comes out of your ass when you are on crack.
Here is the real state of the affairs, my friend:
[www.time.com]
08/21/09
> excessive pot use.
> excessive xyz
> excessive
Is it the thing or the person?
08/21/09
For fuck's sake, will you just shut up?
[www.webmd.com]
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For a site whose readers seem to know a lot about media and publishing, most of you are surprisingly ignorant when it comes to scientific publishing.
PRO TIP: Most journals only require 2 reviewers to approve scientific papers. Two! More people probably looked over "A Million Little Pieces" before it was published.
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Recent surveys have shown that 99% of non-drug-users would still never try previously illegal drugs if they were made legal.
Plus, the revenue from government taxation of such substances could go a long way to help build good community drug treatment programs, not to mention the huge drop in our prison population and the money we'd save from that.
I'm not sure where I stand on this issue, because I have misgivings about making a drug like heroin legal, or even decriminalizing it, mostly because we'd still have to get the drugs from somewhere, and that would mostly be from people we shouldn't have anything to do with.
But don't just make statements you have no basis for. There are a lot of better ones to make if you're not in support of legalizing drugs.
08/22/09
However, the people that I have known that were addicted to hard drugs like heroin, crack and meth, were the least productive members of society, were riddled with health issues and were potentially dangerous to those around them. Yes, the same could be said about alcohol. However, unlike alcohol, nearly every user of heroin, crack and meth become addicts in the long run. This gives those drugs a dimension that alcohol doesn't. In the case of heroin, you can actually die from the withdrawals.
I personally am not in favor of removing obstacles that would make it easier for a certain segment of the population to turn themselves into zombies and often becoming a detriment to everyone around them, even though I think that most current addicts will find a way to do it anyway.
In Florida, pill pushing doctors are the biggest drug dealers in the neighborhood. It is essentially legal to get these drugs from a doctor. The laws are limited and ineffective. This situation does not reduce or hold the line of pill poppers at some status quo level. Their numbers exploded to the point where the markets for other drugs were reduced. This tells me that the legality of drugs on the market place still positively effects demand, despite what studies may say. People switch from the illegal to the legal. We may not be able to draw a hard conclusion here, but our situation indicates that making pills legal had a motivating effect on the people who weren't previously on pills.
We may not be effective at keeping people off of drugs, but you would be surprised at what can happen when you don't even try. People speed here despite our speeding laws, but how much faster do they drive on the autobahn?
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I do, however, support decriminalizing drugs in amounts clearly for personal use. This doesn't mean you get off scot-free, but instead of being incarcerated, you're mandated to treatment and have to pay a fine. All the money we wouldn't be spending on trying and incarcerating people (a lot of fucking money) who are, in all reality, sick could be used for community-based education and treatment programs, as well as increased policing of drug dealers and distributors, which is where the "war on drugs" has failed miserably.
I know there are problems with mandated treatment and that this won't completely fix the problem, but I'm convinced nothing really will. It's a step in the right direction.
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Or . . .
That'll do, mule. That'll do.
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Aw, shucks. I therefore friend you.
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