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Originally Posted by Steve Dallas
Too much of this conversation for me depends on politics and the fact that I'm a Libertarian at heart.
I will say this.
ALL drugs need to be decriminalized. As far as I'm concerned, if people want to drink alcohol, smoke tobacco, smoke marijuana, shoot opium, snort cocaine...etc...as long as they do it at home or in private, I have no problems with anyone doing this kind of thing.
I do think that enforcement of drunk/drug driving and using drugs based on your company policy is what needs to be enforced here. And...that those penalties for doing so (alcohol included) need to increased by a huge margin.
I've gone into my opinions on drunk driving before, and that my girlfriend in high school was killed by a drunk driver. To me, alcohol is the worst drug we have in the country as far as deaths, disruption of lives...and family violence. But it's legal, so it's ok (which is the worst reason I've ever heard promoting it over marijuana)
So, I'm saying that first offenses for drunk/drug driving need to be a MANDATORY 3 months in jail. Second offenses would be a year. Third penalty would be 3-5 years. All offenses should be felonies (thus falling under the 3 strikes & you're out laws).
Some people might balk at decriminalizing all forms of drugs...but I feel that if you're not harming others, why should we care what you do to yourself.
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I tend to agree with this, in theory. But in practice, it's a different ball-game.
While I often think we should remove safety labels off of everything and let the "problem" sort itself out, I doubt we'll ever be able to do something so drastic.
If we had a police force that could catch literally every idiot who was intoxicated (regardless of substance) behind the wheel of a car, and we had a prison system large enough country-wide to handle the sudden spike in population, then I would wholly support making everything legal.
But until then, I believe we should worry about solving the issues we face right now rather than add more issues on top of what we already have.