Saint_;1289452 wrote: Yup. But of course, since Oxycontin is very hard to get usually, people try other things for their pain.
Beneficial? Billions of dollars in increased medical costs and insurance costs? That's not beneficial to anyone. Least harmful? With drug murders skyrocketing and drug gangs tearing apart whole countries?
How's this for a side effect?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/23/us/23border.html
DRUG VIOLENCE SPILLS OVER INTO THE US
Since officials here formed a special squad last year to deal with home invasions, they have counted more than 200 of them, with more than three-quarters linked to the drug trade. In one case, the intruders burst into the wrong house, shooting and injuring a woman watching television on her couch. In another, in a nearby suburb, a man the police described as a drug dealer was taken from his home at gunpoint and is still missing.
Tucson is hardly alone in feeling the impact of Mexico’s drug cartels and their trade. In the past few years, the cartels and other drug trafficking organizations have extended their reach across the United States and into Canada. Law enforcement authorities say they believe traffickers distributing the cartels’ marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs are responsible for a rash of shootings in Vancouver, British Columbia, kidnappings in Phoenix, brutal assaults in Birmingham, Ala., and much more.
Of course, you probably think that has nothing to do with you.:rolleyes:
I'm sorry sir but you are sadly misinformed.It doesn't have anything to do with me but your Gov. is responsible.It looks like you get your info from mainstream media. Good luck with that.
Do you like your mind being twisted up with lies and fear tactics?
Making drugs illegal creates crime and YOUR own Gov supports the illegal drug trade, clandestinely, to create dissension and chaos in poor neighborhoods. It helps fill the Privately owned, for profit jails.
Alcohol prohibition never caused any problems? Prohibition creates and fosters crime. You'll never rid the world of drugs. So legallizing and regulating is the best thing. Allowing the legal sales brings capital into Gov coffers.
The gov so far controls and regulates Opium production for pain meds.
Legalising and taxing will obliterate the foriegn illegal drug trade that you so hate. Empowering people will deal with the issues that create addictions and rampant drug abuse.
Ron Paul understands.
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