why should drugs be ketp illegal

Krs

Not all drugs are illegal!!!!
alcohol isnt illegal - its a taxable drug!

CaptainForest

and cigarettes!!!

nindzha

Probably because drugs can be a very powerful weapon for destroying your health.
Many make u addicted. Imagine how many junkies could have been if drugs were to be leaglized. People arent selforganized enough to use drugs.
Even tough i am for legaglising marihuana.

Capuchin

Ban Coffee!!! It's destroying our livelihoods!

nindzha's answer is very good

nindzha

OMG NOT the coffee please !!!! i think i am addicted to coffee.

Krs

Im addicted too.... i NEED caffaine

shygrneyzs

I am just proposing an idea - playing the Devil's Advocate on this.

Think of it though - if the illegal was taken away from the sale of drugs - where would the pushers and dealers go? If there were safe houses, so to speak, where people could go and get their drugs and it was all legal. Would not have to worry about dirty needle sharing so the risk of contracting disease would be lessened. Maybe some of the attraction to illicit drugs would not be so strong.

Now I know what people would say - there would be outrage and condemnation for such an idea. But think about the war on drugs - no one is winning in that war except the dealers. The losers are already our children, neighbors, family members, and communities.

Fr_Chuck

Society ( that invisable group that sets our standards and morals)

In each group within a total society mankind develops rules and standards for proper behavior. This acceptance changes and is alter as time goes by to include changes in what each section of society deems acceptable.

example for a while drinking was illegal, at one time coke ( not the soda) was not illegal and a commom drug during Civil War times.

Other examples are age allowed to marry, number of wifes allowed.

Even things like hand shaking and eye contact changes from society group to society group and over the years within a group.

So those things illegal today are so, because the majority of those people in authority viewing what they believe is a public morality standard deem it to be so

excon

Hello:

Yeah, I've heard that there will be lots of addicts if we legalize drugs, but I disagree.

Oh yes, there may be a few who'll try drugs and get addicted, but most people won’t. Do you know anybody who is just waiting for drugs to be legalized in order to try them??? No you don't. Anybody you know who has a propensity to use drugs, is using drugs right now.

Plus, if drugs were legalized, the people who are addicts right now would have a chance to get OFF drugs, because we surly would make treatment available on demand, whereas it ISN'T available now.

So, I believe there would be a net LOSS of addicts, should we come to our senses and stop the madness.

excon