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August 4th, 2017 at 8:52:32 AM permalink
petroglyph
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Quote: AZDuffman
Imagine the boom if we legalized meth.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/07/oregon-poised-to-decriminalize-meth-cocaine-and-heroin/

http://www.theblaze.com/podcasts/this-state-is-about-to-decriminalize-meth-and-heroin-as-well-as-other-hard-drugs/
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August 4th, 2017 at 8:56:38 AM permalink
Fleastiff
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Meth addicts die off, pot users lead normal lives.
Dentists would probably favor it since Meth ruins teeth.
August 4th, 2017 at 9:02:02 AM permalink
petroglyph
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Quote: Fleastiff
Meth addicts die off, pot users lead normal lives.
Dentists would probably favor it since Meth ruins teeth.
At least dentists will work on meth addicts. It's hard to find a dentist who will work on someone who has had radiation treatments of the head and neck.
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August 4th, 2017 at 10:21:50 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: Fleastiff
Meth addicts die off, pot users lead normal lives.
Dentists would probably favor it since Meth ruins teeth.


I wouldn't call it "normal" based on the ones I have seen. Normal enough I guess.

I more wonder if we would get a leveling effect if we just made a free for all. Junkies would just fade off to their own corner?
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August 4th, 2017 at 1:04:02 PM permalink
rxwine
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Quote: AZDuffman
I wouldn't call it "normal" based on the ones I have seen. Normal enough I guess.

I more wonder if we would get a leveling effect if we just made a free for all. Junkies would just fade off to their own corner?


I'm not sure if any society has been happy with the result of drug use beyond some milder forms -- meth wouldn't be one, I'm pretty sure.

They can barely tolerate the ones we allow. However, a model that works is the most convincing argument.

Natives chewed cocoa leaves, but cocaine is a whole nother thing.

OTOH, it's hard to control any of it no matter what you decide.
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August 4th, 2017 at 1:26:30 PM permalink
Nareed
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Quote: rxwine
Natives chewed cocoa leaves, but cocaine is a whole nother thing.


Coca leaves. Cocoa is the plant where chocolate comes from.

The alkaloid content of a few coca leaves is very small. To make cocaine from it, you need large amounts of leaves and chemical processing to refine it. Chewing a few leaves, or drinking a tea made with them, is akin to drinking coffee. Alcohol is by far a worse drug than coca leaves.
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August 4th, 2017 at 1:41:20 PM permalink
rxwine
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Tomato tamale.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tomayto,_tomahto
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August 4th, 2017 at 1:42:31 PM permalink
rxwine
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No wonder my drug smuggling busness is going badly.
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August 4th, 2017 at 2:02:47 PM permalink
Nareed
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Quote: rxwine
No wonder my drug smuggling busness is going badly.


Take heart. The Coke bottle was supposedly modeled on the cola nut, but was actually drawn from a cocoa pod :)
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August 4th, 2017 at 5:32:01 PM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: rxwine

Natives chewed cocoa leaves, but cocaine is a whole nother thing.


Completely, like many other processed, natural things. Similar to maple syrup vs sap.

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OTOH, it's hard to control any of it no matter what you decide.


I am just tired of the war and all the effects. It seems we will have this subculture who gets hooked on even drier lint. Find a way to make it so there are no open air markets causing problems. Then let them all smoke and toke their brains out. Just no eligibility for welfare or other assistance. It would be interesting.
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