Re:I made my son cannabis cookies. They changed his life
by edblarney on Sunday January 08, 2017 @12:05PM
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"some drugs cause horrible effects for some people."
No.
Meth, cocaine and opioids represent the vast majority of illegal use outside of weed (which I think is a different category, and it is treated differently in most places) - and they represent a huge risk to society at large.
Prescription opioid use is becoming a massive problem (and now the #1 source of addiction etc.) in the US - it's systematic - not just a problem for 'some people'.
This not about 'specific examples' - it's widespread and systematic.
Re:I made my son cannabis cookies. They changed his life
by bigmanwalter on Sunday January 08, 2017 @01:46PM
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So rather then funding jails and law enforcement, there should be more money going toward rehabilitation programs.
Making drugs illegal ultimately prevents people from getting the help they need.
The part of this sentence after the hyphen is where you're fundamentally wrong. You listed a lot of sad facts and stories about drug abuse, but those do not constitute a defense of the war on drugs. It's naive to excuse the war on drugs simply because some drugs cause horrible effects for some people.