Meth isn't a drug that people keep under control. It's not something you just do on a Saturday night to have fun. The only functional meth users are people who haven't been doing it for very long. You either end up destroying yourself, or you manage to quit or lose your hookup before you get that far. There's no healthy equilibrium.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
But never enforced (Ie, I went to a Marduk gig here. GiS "fuck me Jesus" if ya wanna see some blasphemy :P) whereas it's illegal to distribute porn of anal fisting.
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SarksusATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered Userregular
edited July 2010
The hamburgers are really tiny though. I should have gotten two but it's so expensive.
At the recommendation of a national commission charged with addressing Portugal's drug problem, jail time was replaced with the offer of therapy. The argument was that the fear of prison drives addicts underground and that incarceration is more expensive than treatment — so why not give drug addicts health services instead? Under Portugal's new regime, people found guilty of possessing small amounts of drugs are sent to a panel consisting of a psychologist, social worker and legal adviser for appropriate treatment (which may be refused without criminal punishment), instead of jail.
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The paper, published by Cato in April, found that in the five years after personal possession was decriminalized, illegal drug use among teens in Portugal declined and rates of new HIV infections caused by sharing of dirty needles dropped, while the number of people seeking treatment for drug addiction more than doubled.
Meth isn't a drug that people keep under control. It's not something you just do on a Saturday night to have fun. The only functional meth users are people who haven't been doing it for very long. You either end up destroying yourself, or you manage to quit or lose your hookup before you get that far. There's no healthy equilibrium.
And what good does it do to throw someone in jail or fine them for using it?
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AriviaI Like A ChallengeEarth-1Registered Userregular
edited July 2010
Fine, Nerd, sorry for stepping over your tolerances.
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I think that meth use is pretty fucked up. But I don't like the government telling people what they can and can't do with their own bodies.
nothing beats retarded commitment to abstract principle
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LudiousI just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered Userregular
edited July 2010
Meth is awful. I'd be all for a little Judge Dredd justice for meth dealers (And hell..meth addicts..lets be honest they're already dead. It's like shooting a zombie).
At the recommendation of a national commission charged with addressing Portugal's drug problem, jail time was replaced with the offer of therapy. The argument was that the fear of prison drives addicts underground and that incarceration is more expensive than treatment — so why not give drug addicts health services instead? Under Portugal's new regime, people found guilty of possessing small amounts of drugs are sent to a panel consisting of a psychologist, social worker and legal adviser for appropriate treatment (which may be refused without criminal punishment), instead of jail.
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The paper, published by Cato in April, found that in the five years after personal possession was decriminalized, illegal drug use among teens in Portugal declined and rates of new HIV infections caused by sharing of dirty needles dropped, while the number of people seeking treatment for drug addiction more than doubled.
Wow. I mean, I'm not surprised by positive results but the magnitude of the results is pretty astonishing.
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The ghosts.
Well, to me anyway.
S/t was crap bar Clint Eastwood and 19-2000 and Plastic Beach is just not for me. Too r'n'b/funk orientated, I think...
Hmmmm.
Maybe I'll check back later.
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There aren't enough freedoms to go around.
Dare was great.
They are all great.
Woah! Echo, when did you become not a mod?!
Is this good? I bought it on a whim, but I'm not normally big on FPS games.
Drug use should however be decriminalized, but in order to get people off drugs, not facilitate their use in any way.
Hm? Consider it a feminine version of the usual dick-sticking jokes.
I disagree.
When I stepped into the phone booth. Can't you see I'm wearing glasses?
I am for the legalization of a lot of things.
But meth is a public health hazard on a serious level.
Consider it a feminine version of being inexplicably intolerable.
Everything to do with sex is illegal in Ireland.
The shooting is pretty average, but it just oozes atmosphere. It's essentially a Half-Life 2 game with STALKER theme.
I'm fucking moving. Get me a green derby and shamrock shoes.
It's STALKER mixed with FO3, except harder than STALKER...
I haven't listened to the new album yet. I'll get to it eventually.
I think that meth use is pretty fucked up. But I don't like the government telling people what they can and can't do with their own bodies.
Does meth use predispose people to commit crimes? Fine. Prosecute them for the crimes.
Really, was this just a "I stopped responding to threads not about close personal interests?
You made me feel safe!
Meth isn't a drug that people keep under control. It's not something you just do on a Saturday night to have fun. The only functional meth users are people who haven't been doing it for very long. You either end up destroying yourself, or you manage to quit or lose your hookup before you get that far. There's no healthy equilibrium.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
yeah that's as far as I ever got
It's fantastically addictive though, and people who are on meth will do harmful things to themselves and others for no reason.
But never enforced (Ie, I went to a Marduk gig here. GiS "fuck me Jesus" if ya wanna see some blasphemy :P) whereas it's illegal to distribute porn of anal fisting.
Now where's that link someone posted in another thread...
Ah, this.
And what good does it do to throw someone in jail or fine them for using it?
nothing beats retarded commitment to abstract principle
Wow. I mean, I'm not surprised by positive results but the magnitude of the results is pretty astonishing.