Legalization of drugs, pros and cons!

Martina · 04-28-2010, 07:33 AM

My problem is that rich folks do not get busted for drugs although they use them all the time. Criminalization of drugs puts poor people in jail. That has huge social consequences. Occasionally some well off person will accidentally get caught holding and get arrested, but poor people get arrested all the time for having drugs on them. That means time in jail and fewer opportunities for work in the future.

i am an addict. i believe that it is genetic. i think that environment plays a part. i have also seen lots and lots of people benefit in a hundred ways from twelve step. i don't think 12-step is the only way, but i have seen it work.

Re drug use itself, i don't find it charming or appealing. i guess that's because i grew up with an alcoholic mother. Countries that have decriminalized still have problems, i agree. BUT they are not contributing to the class polarization of their society by incarcerating the poor over and again, helping to fuck them up and make them less employable. For god's sake, how stupid is that?

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04-28-2010, 07:33 AM	#11
Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,283 Times in 4,166 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	My problem is that rich folks do not get busted for drugs although they use them all the time. Criminalization of drugs puts poor people in jail. That has huge social consequences. Occasionally some well off person will accidentally get caught holding and get arrested, but poor people get arrested all the time for having drugs on them. That means time in jail and fewer opportunities for work in the future. i am an addict. i believe that it is genetic. i think that environment plays a part. i have also seen lots and lots of people benefit in a hundred ways from twelve step. i don't think 12-step is the only way, but i have seen it work. Re drug use itself, i don't find it charming or appealing. i guess that's because i grew up with an alcoholic mother. Countries that have decriminalized still have problems, i agree. BUT they are not contributing to the class polarization of their society by incarcerating the poor over and again, helping to fuck them up and make them less employable. For god's sake, how stupid is that?