I'm still principally against the legalization of drugs. It's not good for you, don't do it. But I guess that is something that you simply cannot do, since laws are - on a large scale - ignored when it comes to this. So I guess you'd have to put some pretty harsh taxes on drugs to at least equal tobacco - and give them the same restrictions as tobacco. I don't want anyone smoking weed next to me in a restaurant...
Also, @Scorpion: I have heard of many more deaths than are listed there due to Ex - but not directly attributed to the drug. Many people who use the drug either dehydrate, or over hydrate themselves, and die of that. So, yeah, technically not an extacy death, but a death due to the drug nonetheless.
Furthermore, weed DOES affect you quite largely - a study was done on pilots in flight simulators, and 24 hours after they got high they were still experiencing up to 15m deviations from the middle of the runway (norm is around 2-3m)
I don't mind people smoking the drug - it's not my business. But right now, you shouldn't be surprised if you get fined/it taken away, and don't claim it's harmless!
Also, again @Scorpion: HIV
leads to AIDS - I think that was the analogy, was it not?
-konfusion
edit: The whole "pot-smokers being slackers" thing is not just a stereotype. The friends of mine who stopped usually saw an increase in concentration at school, and were generally more focused. Friends of mine who
started smoking usually had the opposite happen. It's really hard to motivate them to do anything, and most of their conversations are about "that one time they got high at that one guy's place" or about planning the previous.
Last edited by konfusion (2008-04-13 07:25:18)