Denver decriminalizes mushrooms!

[ray1970]

Meh, let's just turn this place into Amsterdam already and get it over with.

Brilliant. I say instead of focusing on drugs let?s decriminalize other things that consenting adults do that are currently illegal. Let?s get prostitution on the ballot. Its perfectly legal for two people to bump uglies but toss a little gratuity into the scenario and suddenly both parties are criminals.

[theGinsue]

Brilliant. I say instead of focusing on drugs let?s decriminalize other things that consenting adults do that are currently illegal. Let?s get prostitution on the ballot. Its perfectly legal for two people to bump uglies but toss a little gratuity into the scenario and suddenly both parties are criminals.

Germany legalize prostitution (heavily regulated); seems to be working for them. The problem with getting it legalized, at least here in CO, is we have so many really ugly politicians who know they'll never get laid again if prostitution is legalized.

[BPTactical]

Germany legalize prostitution (heavily regulated); seems to be working for them. The problem with getting it legalized, at least here in CO, is we have so many really ugly politicians who know they'll never get laid again if prostitution is legalized.

Not true.
They are happily fucking us.
Over and over.

[SideShow Bob]

Not true.
They are happily fucking us.
Over and over.

Oh Snap !

That would be hilarious if weren’t so true......

[Gman]

Not true.
They are happily fucking us.
Over and over.

Without the common courtesy to give us a reach-around.

[FoxtArt]

Both camps position (war on drugs and libertarian darwinian) are tremendously lacking in logic.

Drug use doesn't "sort itself out" nor as has been pointed out, nor is it a death sentence. People can be smoking meth and still holding down a job for quite some time. Contrary to the advertisements, they aren't as easy to recognize as you would assume. Moreover, drug use doesn't sort itself out with "Darwinian evolution"; reference the rising statistics of babies born addicted to opiods if you don't believe me.... news flash, people high on stuff, "do stuff" a lot more than people who aren't high on stuff, which results in more kids being born to people who are high on stuff. If anything, "Darwinian" science makes that a win for spreading genetic code that is inclined to be addicted or hedonistic [which wouldn't have significant effects for a long, long time anyway....]. Contrary to the libertarian perspective, people don't just "use drugs in their basement and die", no, each addict on average imposes an INCREDIBLE societal cost in their decades long journey to oblivion. You can invent your own magic rules if you want where unicorns fart fairy dust, but the reality is, YOU LIVE HERE. Opoid addicted babies, innumerous unpaid ER visits, repeat transient crimes and the cost of service dealing with transients, shoplifting, vandalism, GTA, burglary, B&E, repeat prison cycles, etc. etc.

Each heavily drug addicted person probably costs society as much as each non-addicted person could ever hope to contribute. So it's not a circumstance of "they live by their own decision" such as would be the case if they shot themselves with a firearm, or attempted to "juggle chainsaws", as a limbless person doesn't need 18 ER visits for hand fetishes, and they don't give birth to a limbless baby that goes into foster care for the next 18 years, and the one that shot themselves cost society only one service call and their body disposal, at most. If you can't compare apples to apples, get off your high horses.

On the flip side, the war on drugs includes its own misinformation jailing people for addictions doesn't normally produce any outcome other than generating costs and revenue in the prison system.

Why can't people acknowledge that both ideas are utter shit? Why can't we acknowledge their are serious issues both with decriminalization and criminalization?

Now, all of this has little to do with shrooms, which is the OP link, but by this point I don't think anyone's talking about it anymore.

[Gman]

This just in: Speaking of drug use and making bad decisions...

Psilocybin mushrooms found in I-80 traffic stop in Nebraska
A Colorado man has been arrested after LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, marijuana and drug paraphernalia were found in his vehicle.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — A man from Colorado was arrested late Wednesday after Nebraska State Patrol troopers found multiple controlled substances in his vehicle.

The arrest occurred after a trooper observed an eastbound pickup truck with a missing taillight failing to maintain its lane near mile marker 166 on Interstate 80 near Hershey, Nebraska, according to Nebraska State Patrol.

A search of the man's truck revealed 82 doses of LSD, 30 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, less than an ounce of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

The driver, Anthony Gutierrez, 19, of Littleton, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana – less than one ounce, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Nebraska State Patrol says a female passenger was cited for minor in possession of alcohol and open container.

[Zundfolge]

I don't care about the larger philosophical musings here.

I oppose this for the same reason I opposed pot legalization and that's demographics.

We've probably already lost Colorado forever but every time they pull some scheme like this its like turning on a giant Democrat magnet. Since pot legalization we've had at least a quarter million new Democrat voters move to Colorado. So votes for drug legalization are votes against gun rights because all these legalization schemes do is empower the Democrat party.

[theGinsue]

This just in: Speaking of drug use and making bad decisions...

Psilocybin mushrooms found in I-80 traffic stop in Nebraska
A Colorado man has been arrested after LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, marijuana and drug paraphernalia were found in his vehicle.

Looks like someone was headed to a party.

[theGinsue]

I don't care about the larger philosophical musings here.

I oppose this for the same reason I opposed pot legalization and that's demographics.

We've probably already lost Colorado forever but every time they pull some scheme like this its like turning on a giant Democrat magnet. Since pot legalization we've had at least a quarter million new Democrat voters move to Colorado. So votes for drug legalization are votes against gun rights because all these legalization schemes do is empower the Democrat party.

Quoted for truth