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Congress Gives Itself a $93,000 Raise

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Natasha1/31/2009 2:28:08 pm PST

re: #258 jwb7605

The Mafia (or it’s equivalent) enjoys a heyday now running drugs. Afghanistan is as good of an example as Mexico or South America.
Marijuana is a part of that, but not the large part. To destroy that trade by legalizing the substances, you also have to include the “hard stuff”, like cocaine, heroin, and so forth.
I absolutely understand your point, and I don’t disagree with a lot of the reasoning. It’s just a slippery slope thing to me that makes me uncomfortable.

Yes, the prospect of “hard” drugs hitting the market openly is a bit scary to me as well. However… people who want them already have them. There may be arguments made about these freaks being out on roads, driving, whatever… But they already do that. One can draw a parallel in relation to murder… However, do we really believe that the fact that murder is illegal is more of a deterrent than the fact that murder is immoral? Murder and self-destruction by drugs are two different things. Now, if ones drug-use negatively affects others, he or she should be punished, severely, but if they are only hurting themselves?
The point I am trying to make is, why have “for your own good” laws? Why not have sensible laws that concern the impact one’s behavior has on others? What do I care if some idiot decides to OD on heroin in his house, with just the cockroaches to see the spectacle? As long as he did not hurt anyone else, what is the harm? He is the dumbass who made a dumb choice, just like the drunken morons wrapping themselves and their cars around telephone poles. Now, if his actions hurt a family member, a neighbor or a bystander, then by all means punish his sorry ass. Otherwise? Let stupidity become lethal again.