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ck4829

(35,038 posts) Wed Apr 22, 2020, 10:23 AM Apr 2020

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So if we're going to "Open" everything back up, why should we keep the "war on drugs" going?

Alright so, we should let people have freedom, the economy is worth it to spread COVID, it's their bodies, the risk they might bring harm to others is small, right?

So then, why not let people smoke marijuana and crack, consume ecstasy, lick LSD stickers, eat mushrooms, and snort cocaine... we should let people have freedom, it's worth the risk for new economic frontiers, it's their bodies, and the risk they might bring harm to others is small.

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So if we're going to "Open" everything back up, why should we keep the "war on drugs" going? (Original Post) ck4829 Apr 2020 OP

You make a good point. n/t Laelth Apr 2020 #1

Mis-reply ck4829 Apr 2020 #5

Because street drugs are dangerous Shermann Apr 2020 #2

It's the prohibition, not the drugs. War on SOME drugs. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #4

COVID is dangerous too though... ck4829 Apr 2020 #6

Ending the war on drugs would, in all seriousness, be a good thing. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #3

I'd be all for it.n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Apr 2020 #7

Laelth

(32,017 posts)

1. You make a good point. n/t

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2020, 10:28 AM

Apr 2020

-Laelth

ck4829

(35,038 posts)

5. Mis-reply

Reply to Laelth (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 22, 2020, 01:08 PM

Apr 2020

Shermann

(7,399 posts)

2. Because street drugs are dangerous

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2020, 10:29 AM

Apr 2020

Not NEARLY as dangerous as Hydroxychloroquine, but still pretty dangerous I think.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,955 posts)

4. It's the prohibition, not the drugs. War on SOME drugs. . . . nt

Reply to Shermann (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 22, 2020, 10:39 AM

Apr 2020

ck4829

(35,038 posts)

6. COVID is dangerous too though...

Reply to Shermann (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 22, 2020, 01:08 PM

Apr 2020

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,307 posts)

3. Ending the war on drugs would, in all seriousness, be a good thing.

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2020, 10:34 AM

Apr 2020

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)

7. I'd be all for it.n/t

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2020, 01:27 PM

Apr 2020

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