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Good Drugs/bad Drugs

  1. Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman

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1.   Oct 11, 2007 12:28 PM

» Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman - On what basis are some drugs illegal and other's legal?

In response to On what basis are some drugs illegal and other's legal? posted by hawkgazer:


Anything can be used as addiction, so if addiction propensity becomes the criteria for criminalization, then shopping, sex and chocolate have all got to go.

My biggest gripe against the 'Drug War' is that there are no clear boundaries on who exactly the sides involved are. 'War' is such a handy catchall for insinuating some dangerous presence that needs to be eradicated, but truly if Drugs are the Evil, then aren't its users merely victims?

And since when is being a victim criteria for imprisonment and penalty? Rather, isn't the socially conscious mindset to decriminalize usage with appropriate treatment and education rather then incarcerating people who abuse substances, because the substances themselves are the things responsible for the addiction in the first place?

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