Text 21588, 83 rader
Skriven 2008-10-05 10:09:18 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
  Kommentar till text 21537 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
Ärende: Legal Strictions
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Roy Witt wrote to Robert Bashe on Saturday October 04 2008 at 11:34:

RW>>> Social issues must come before the use of drugs that are detrimental
RW>>> to society.

RB>> I agree. Let's re-introduce (alcohol) prohibition to improve public
RB>> health,

RW> That has proven to be a mistake. Remember Prohibition?

Of course. I'm glad you understood my point.

RB>> since everyone knows how effective and beneficial that was. And while
RB>> we're at it, forbid manufacture, sale and consumption of cigarettes,
RB>> cigars, chewing tobacco and the like.

RW> We're closer to that than legalizing marijuana.

You're drifting, Roy. That wasn't my point.

RB>> Roy, you don't "inject" marijuana, you smoke it. Let's keep on the
RB>> subject, if you don't mind.

RW> I see you've never been exposed to the stuff. Back in the early 70s, I
RW> was and there were people who extracted the THCs in a liquid form. It
RW> wasn't called THC, and I forget the nomenclature now. But it was
RW> injectable as much as heroin is.

I suspect you're confusing THC with something else, unless of course you have
personal experience of injecting this stuff - in that case I bow to your
greater experience. However, smoking and "cookies" are still the usual methods
of consumption.

RW> Those who have a problem with the use of drugs are the people who make
RW> it illegal to use. They do so to protect society from drug addicts.

Like alcoholics?

RB>>>> I also believe in the right to euthanasia -

RW>>> That's a moral issue, not a drug issue.

RB>> As is legalization of marijuana,

RW> Wrong.

RB>>  which is no more harmful than alcohol and/or tobacco.

RW> Wrong again.

RB>> Many attempts have been made over the years to prove otherwise, but
RB>> up to now they've all failed.

RW> No they haven't. Marijuna has been found to be detrimental to your
RW> health and the health of society.

Like alcohol and cigarettes. Tell me something new. At least there are solid
statistics for alcohol and cigarettes, whereas marijuana is generally illegal
and thus it's nearly impossible to get really verifiable data on a large scale.

[Right to die sould be an individual decision]
RW>>> That's ok for an atheist.

RB>> That's OK for a humanist who doesn't presume to force his moral views
RB>> on others.

RW> A humanist wouldn't advocate abuse of the body with drugs.

Roy, your record needle's stuck and you just keep repeating "no, no, no"
without really saying anything else.

[Examples of persons who requested assisted suicide]

RW> You can cite these cases all day and you won't convince me to 'give
RW> in' to legalizing marijuana.

Now it seems that there's only one track on your record. Didn't you even notice
the change in subject?

Cheers, Bob

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