Quote Originally Posted by Delfuego View Post
Cocaine is cheaper and more readily available now than it was when Reagan was president name me something else that is???

Synthetic TCH is manufactured by massive drug conglomerates, people can grow marajuana in there house or back yard (almost free of cost), sounds like Big Business bullshit to me. Pfizer wants to be your pusher...

War on drugs is a joke... I big, expensive, civil rights destroying joke...
Well said! That was another point made by the doc, pfizer and other pharma companies are some of the biggest members of the "Partnership for a drug free America." I hate that we probably will never convince OneGuy that walking around in a circle is not a good way to get from point A to Point B (IE: The drug war) and that maybe an alternative is a good call right now. I've seen the studies- because all scientists are biased right?- and synthetic THC actually is not healthy and can have some pretty bad side effects. On top of that, the potency and effectiveness of synth. THC is about 20% by comparison to cannabis.

Notice he didn't say anything about it's health hazards (with the exception of smoking) because not one person, ever, in the history of the world, has died from use of marijuana. Ever. It's a fact that cannot be disputed. But, if we look at the figures: in 2006 17,000 people died from illegal opiates, 24,000 people died from amphetamines; 80,000 died from abuse of prescription drugs, over 100,000 deaths from alcohol, and 450,000 deaths related to tobacco use.... so really, which is more dangerous? If a guy decides to use a drug in his own home, he should be free to do so. It's not my life so if he wants to throw it away and shoot up heroin then let him- drugs only hurt the ones who use, let's work instead on education and rehabilitation instead of prosecution and the perpetuation of cops being overzealous and having to try and make a big drug bust every time they stop someone (not all are like this, but I've been on a ride along with a Jeffco K9 unit who did a search on every traffic stop looking for drugs).