On Drug Use

[lord_carbo]

Originally Posted by uselessaccount

I don't know a great amount about each drug, but I think laws are obviously there for a reason. The same way that a rail protects you from falling off a bridge or something, the laws kind of help to stop people from eventually overdosing or messing up their life. Most people won't fall off a bridge, but the fact that it's there stops the few that would've fallen off as opposed to if it wasn't there.

Most people would fall off a bridge accidentally, not because they went into something ignorantly that has obvious risks. And the laws unjustly persecute those who know what they're doing with drugs.

Originally Posted by uselessaccount

Also truth is, whether you yourself are affected drastically by illegal drugs or not, it does drag down communities and countries. The line shouldn't be drawn where one person or a group of individuals feel that they have self control, because there are always people that can't control themselves. I guess what I said isn't too relevant to drugs themselves but I think it's a fair explanation of why anti-drug laws are the way that they are.

I'd argue this, but I need to know exactly what you mean by "drag down communities." How so? There are many ways you could specifically mean this.