If I see someone like that about to attack me, then I'll shoot them and it will be their fault for taking the drug in the first place and losing control. That isn't, however, to say that the drug shouldn't be legal. People should be expected to use them in an appropriate manner, and when they don't, they will have to pay the consequences. The government shouldn't be able to make that decision for them. In addition, I don't think that use of drugs like that would be very common, and it would therefore not be that big of a problem.

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Just a little caveat. Check out the laws in your state regarding self-defense and firearms before shooting someone in that circumstance. We don't want you in the can for manslaughter. You're wise beyond your years and good to have around.

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There are still laws against these drugs as well.

And self-defense is the best plea, with the possible exception of insanity.

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legalize it all, if people want to kill themselves with drugs...why should I care?

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I'm contradicting myself because alcohol is legal and marijuana isn't? Definition look-up much?
Marijuana being illegal and alochol being legal are two different things.

So you do realize that marijuana is ILLEGAL. So you are NOT free to use it. People always will no matter what. It is NOT freedom to use marijuana though.

Don't mix doing whatever the hell you want despite consequences and law violations, with freedom.

I think mabey, just mabey we should legalize dope. That way no democrat will ever make it to the polls!!!! They will be stoned out of their mind! I could be good for conservatives!

Well, you should care. I suppose though, if you don't mind the substantial hikes in health care and car insurance. With all the other costs being raised.

Oh yea, here's another one. You seem to believe people who use drugs only harm and/or kill themselves. No explanation need for this

People's health care cost will go up if they do drugs, because it would be a risk to their health, and that should not concern anyone but the person who does drugs. And if the Democrats got us socialized medicine then it would cost everyone more (but then again, so would fast food and watching TV, so maybe we should make those illegal as well).

If drugs were legal, there would be no gang violence over drug money. If that's what you were talking about.

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Yea...no. I'm pretty much predicting that health care in general would rise. People are not going to go to the Dr. office and tell the Dr. that, yea I smoke marijuana, go ahead and raise my health care insurance.


Why do I have to explain this again? Gang violence is only part of it. Listen to this.

Just because drugs are legalized, doesn't make them any safer what so ever. The heroin addict will still fiend, still rob, still kill for his fix. The crack head will still drive intoxicated, putting others at risk. The meth user will still cook his crap in his trailer. Innocent people who don't use drugs will always be at risk of the addicts wild and sporadic dangerous behavior.
Another good point is that just because drugs would be legalized doesn't mean everyone will automatically be able to afford drugs. They'll still be stolen. Which creates more crime than you can imagine.

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Thanks I.C!

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