[Vision2020] Failed Drug Policies from Nixon to Bush

[Matt Decker]

Tom,

I believe each drug can be dangerous, but depending on the individual drug and how quickly the drug destroys lives, should be a reason of whether it is legal or not. I don't believe snorting coke one time will get you addicted, but it very well could happen within a short span. And once a person is dependent on a certain drug it becomes a life long battle. 

Also I am curious if you think designer prescription drugs such as Oxycontin should be legalized. Or LSD since it is in the same category as ecstasy. Or why Coke but not crack, since the straight form can be just as addictive. 

M  

> To: mattd2107 at hotmail.com; philosopher.joe at gmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.com; donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com; garrettmc at verizon.net
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:49:36 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Failed Drug Policies from Nixon to Bush
> 
> 
> Matt Decker asks:
> 
> "Which ones are you against, and why?"
> 
> The drugs that I would NOT legalize are crack (unneutralized, free-base 
> cocaine), ecstasy, methamphetamine, and heroin.
> 
> Crack permanently scars the human nervous system.
> 
> Ecstasy is a synthetic (home-made) hallucinogenically stimulating 
> psychedelic that tends to, if use evolves to heavy addiction, permanently 
> distorts the user's sense of reality, space, and time. 
> 
> Methamphetamine is one of the (if not THE) most addictive, lethal drugs 
> available that causes permanent, irreparable damage to the nervous 
> system.  Further, the chemicals and processes used in the manufacture of 
> methamphetamine are independently lethal in their own right.
> 
> Heroin is considered to be the worst of addictive drugs because it can be 
> cut and mixed with other drugs such as crack.
> 
> Matt Decker stated:
> 
> "From past experience, it is not necessarily the drug itself that causes 
> the overall harm. Although some can cause more of an immediate impact to 
> the physical aspect, but more rather, what the drug does to your mental 
> state."
> 
> Huh?!?!?
> 
> Do I understand you to mean, Matt, that it is not the drug that is 
> dangerous, but what the drug does that is dangerous?
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> 
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