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Originally Posted by TheEditor
If the USA Feds don't step in, that means Amsterdam now has competition.
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Amsterdam is not a selling point IMHO!
I have a very libertarian view on drugs..
I think all forms of drugs that can be tested for should be legal!
Than just legislate it like we do alcohol!
But for it to work you will also have to remove any and all goverment support for those people who get hooked on drugs!
As in they F-up their brains to a point that they are not able to hold down a job and 'now' require government assistance to survive..
For legislative examples, with regards to alcohol..
If you are a pilot, you can not fly a plane if you have had a drink in the past 24 hours..
Do the same thing for other drugs, just adjust the time frame to account for the drug in question..
If you are a pilot, you can not fly a plane if you have smoked a joint in the past 40 hours..
If you are a pilot, you can not fly a plane if you have snorted coke in the past 80 hours..
If you are a pilot, you can not fly a plane if you have dropped acid in the past month..
Granted some jobs will not require such strict rules..
I am sure the starbucks barista with a ring in his nose and tats up one arm and down the other will still be able to perform his/her job under the influance
But most jobs will require such strict rules!
The up side to legal drugs is it would remove most if not all the criminal activity associated with illegal drugs
And what makes it a win win is the following..
In that no typical working man will be able to do drugs.. Except maybe when he is on vacation.. In that there are just not enough hours to recover before you have to go back to work..
Thus the only people who can afford to do drugs will be the rich kid types who inherited their wealth.. And I could care less about what they do to screw up their heads! In that they can afford to be brain dead.
Granted some people may point out that there are some drugs that you only have to do once and your hooked!
Oh well! Sorry about your bad luck!
That is to say if your dumb enough to take such a drug, than don't come crying to me or society as a whole to pay for your sorry existence for the rest of your brain dead life!
You are on your own, and, hopefully not long!
The down side is initially drug use would increase exponentially
But within a few years you would see it drop way down
Why?
Well if what they say about pot and other drugs is true, that being they are all gateway drugs to stronger drugs, than eventually every pot head will take the drug that takes them out! Which means within a few years, all those in society that feel the need to do drugs would be out of the gene pool leaving behind those who didn't feel the need to do drugs...
In essence drug use would become self correcting
But it only works if we remove all support for those who choose to do drugs. Amsterdam is proof of that!
So the only way I sign such a petition is if all government support is removed for those who choose to do drugs. Or at least go as far as to have a one time prescription filled out, where you have to sign a wavier stating you agree to not be eligible for government assistance of any kind.