Willie Nelson in trouble again

[deltaguitar]

Originally Posted by Kutless

not over reacting brother just discussing it with you. Don't read to much into it.

Weed is addicting...not for sure how good that is.

So is porn, alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, playing poker, and biting my fingernails but that doesn't meant it should be illegal. I just have a hard time with legislating morality.

As long as someone else’s drug use doesn’t interfere with the pursuit of life, liberty, and of happiness of others then they should be allowed to live their life responsibly.

[Thad]

Originally Posted by deltaguitar

So is porn, alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, playing poker, and biting my fingernails but that doesn't meant it should be illegal. I just have a hard time with legislating morality.

As long as someone else’s drug use doesn’t interfere with the pursuit of life, liberty, and of happiness of others then they should be allowed to live their life responsibly.

same thing with gay marriage and polygamy??

where will it stop DG.

biting nails and caffeine- that's stretching

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by deltaguitar

So is porn, alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, playing poker, and biting my fingernails but that doesn't meant it should be illegal. I just have a hard time with legislating morality.

As long as someone else’s drug use doesn’t interfere with the pursuit of life, liberty, and of happiness of others then they should be allowed to live their life responsibly.

Well said.

[Thad]

Originally Posted by deltaguitar

Of course. Legalize it, regulate it, and tax it. What is wrong with this? Drugs would become cheaper, violent drug related crimes would go down, prisions population would decrease, and we could finally help people for their problems instead of throwing them in jail.

Just plain common sense.

The long term ramifications would be astounding.

this is not the solution at all

[Twisp]

Originally Posted by Thad

The long term ramifications would be astounding.

this is not the solution at all

How so?

[Thad]

Originally Posted by Twisp

How so?

I use to be on the side of you and DG and i still think that much of the war on drugs is a smoke screen by the gov't. They could stop a lot of these drugs from coming into our communities if they really wanted to.

however, after i heard and read up on the consequences of what legalizing drugs would do the future generations, it is eye opening! you think society is bad now???? socially and spiritually, it will become much worse. It's a very dark spirit that would we would be caving into.

I'm sorry i'm not as specific as you (or I) would like on this topic. I would have to brush up on it . perhaps someone else can articulate the points against it with clarity and validity

[deltaguitar]

Originally Posted by Thad

I use to be on the side of you and DG and i still think that much of the war on drugs is a smoke screen by the gov't. They could stop a lot of these drugs from coming into our communities if they really wanted to.

however, after i heard and read up on the consequences of what legalizing drugs would do the future generations, it is eye opening! you think society is bad now???? socially and spiritually, it will become much worse. It's a very dark spirit that would we would be caving into.

I'm sorry i'm not as specific as you (or I) would like on this topic. I would have to brush up on it . perhaps someone else can articulate the points against it with clarity and validity

I think cocaine was legal up until the first part of the 1900s. You could also smoke weed as long as you bought a stamp and paid the tax. Most folks who want to do drugs in this day and age do it anyway.

I am way more worried about Hillary's health plan than legalized drug use.

[deltaguitar]

Originally Posted by Thad

The long term ramifications would be astounding.

this is not the solution at all

You sound like a REPUBLICAN now. The same things were said during prohibition and there are less people as a percentage of the population drinking now than then.

Here is an article by a conservative group showing that prohibition was a failure.

http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-157.html

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Thad

The long term ramifications would be astounding.

this is not the solution at all

Exactly...

Because the current method is working so well.

[Rico]

Originally Posted by Thad

The long term ramifications would be astounding.

this is not the solution at all

Thad, people who try marijuana either like or they don't like it. I doubt much would change in the numbers of people who use it. One benefit from legalizing it is that cancer patients would get some relief without having to worry about going to jail.