[Vision2020] Failed Drug Policies from Nixon to Bush

[Tom Hansen]

LSD is NOT in the same category as ecstasy, Matt.

LSD, or its medical name "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide", had been determined 
to possess therapeutic value in treating patients with extensive neurosis 
problems, as well as other mentally handicapping diseases.  Although LSD-
25 is no longer used for therapy, physicians should not be restricted from 
its controlled/regulated availability.

I fail to see ANY therapeutic value (past, present, or potential) in 
ecstasy.

As far as Oxycontin, and the thousands of others, I merely addressed what 
I considered to be the currently most popular recreational drugs and don't 
really care to spend the next millenium explaining why I would, or would 
not, legalize each and every drug you can google.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho



> Tom,
> 
> I believe each drug can be dangerous, but depending on the individual
dru> g 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
add> icted, but it very well could happen within a short span. And once a
pers> on is dependent on a certain drug it becomes a life long battle. 
> 
> Also I am curious if you think designer prescription drugs such as
Oxyconti> n 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
addicti> ve. 
> 
> M  
> 
> > To: mattd2107 at hotmail.com; philosopher.joe at gmail.com;
vision2020 at mosc> ow.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,
permane> ntly 
> > 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
o> f 
> > 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
cause> s 
> > 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
ment> al 
> > 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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