Did you hear about the "fake pot" that was recently banned by the DEA? Scientists are trying to synthetically mimic pot. And oops, turns out the chemicals can cause seizures. Ironically, real pot can help them. Sounds like a waste of money to me. And government regulation has it's pros and cons. The motives of such regulations can be fueled by greed. (i.e. drug companies that profit off of quick fix treatments- they don't actually want to cure people, just keep them alive)
I think a good course of action is to decriminalize drugs. Marijuana is mostly legal where I live and the cops can focus on more violent criminals(in theory). But at least my tax dollars aren't wasted on enforcing the punishment of a pot head when the focus should be on meth makers. And throwing an addict in jail does not solve the problem. They need psychological help.
I did, yes. I almost mentioned it in the post (and methadone being a really poor substitute for opiates) but my posts are often overlong as it is, so I didn't bother.
I was imagining research on a much wider scale, though (a ten year or twenty year study with funding of billions of euros/pounds/dollars, and extensive clinical trials). If after all that, it's not possible, then so be it. But at least we tried to solve one of the world's many problems.
Opponents of drug legalization, what are your reasons?
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Did you hear about the "fake pot" that was recently banned by the DEA? Scientists are trying to synthetically mimic pot. And oops, turns out the chemicals can cause seizures. Ironically, real pot can help them. Sounds like a waste of money to me. And government regulation has it's pros and cons. The motives of such regulations can be fueled by greed. (i.e. drug companies that profit off of quick fix treatments- they don't actually want to cure people, just keep them alive)
I think a good course of action is to decriminalize drugs. Marijuana is mostly legal where I live and the cops can focus on more violent criminals(in theory). But at least my tax dollars aren't wasted on enforcing the punishment of a pot head when the focus should be on meth makers. And throwing an addict in jail does not solve the problem. They need psychological help.
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I did, yes. I almost mentioned it in the post (and methadone being a really poor substitute for opiates) but my posts are often overlong as it is, so I didn't bother.
I was imagining research on a much wider scale, though (a ten year or twenty year study with funding of billions of euros/pounds/dollars, and extensive clinical trials). If after all that, it's not possible, then so be it. But at least we tried to solve one of the world's many problems.