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Permalink Reply by Arcus on March 4, 2011 at 3:19am

Not quite sure who wins the lobbying battle between police officers and prison wardens vs. pharma companies and experts.

Ever noticed how there seems to be a connection between religiosity and drug laws? I don't think they want us to feel good. :)

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Permalink Reply by Mo Trauen on March 4, 2011 at 8:45am

You are both right.  Drug laws are a "happy" confluence of monetary interests and twisted ideology.

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Permalink Reply by Mo Trauen on March 4, 2011 at 8:48am

Exactly.  The religious are pathologically anal retentive.  Pointless self-denial and suffering are what the Freudian father figure in their heads wants, so they obsess over giving it to him--even if they have to force the rest of us to go along.

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Permalink Reply by Mo Trauen on March 4, 2011 at 8:43am

Don't forget the pharmaceutical companies and the medical "industry".  If we could all self-medicate, many of them would have to work with actual sick people--yuck.  (Sarcasm)

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Permalink Reply by pat schreer on March 4, 2011 at 5:41am

Punishment? why? Why not prevention? Punishment is not the answer to prevention. Look to other countries that use prevention and set up treatment centers and education as a deterant. Better yet, watch Portugal.

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Permalink Reply by justin gold on March 4, 2011 at 9:31am

What do you mean by meth? Meth in the u.k would mean methadone or are you taking about crystal Meth?

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Permalink Reply by scLovely on March 4, 2011 at 9:39am

crystal meth

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Permalink Reply by Chef Craig on March 5, 2011 at 2:10am

honestly...there is no solution or punishment that the legal system can dish out that will cause teens or even people here in america to stay away from drugs. They all say the same thing "it cant happen to me"... its all in the mind in my opinion...either your going to be a user and fall to peer pressure and the addiction or your not. fear of the courts is one of the last things in the addicts mind...until they get caught at least. 

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Permalink Reply by scLovely on March 5, 2011 at 2:56am

I tell my hubby all the time that his cigarette addiction is all in his head. I don't know whether it is true or not, but it is something I tell him because I hope that his brain can overpower his body somehow.

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Permalink Reply by T A A on March 5, 2011 at 3:19am

Of course he can, but it will be a 24/7/365 life endeavour, he will never be free, a constant struggle. Compared to I who is not addicted to anything (cept maybe internet), not smoking cigarettes requires zero effort, ever. It's an entirely different circumstance :)

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Permalink Reply by Chef Craig on March 5, 2011 at 3:36am

have you ever smoked or been addicted? this question is huge...ive had soooo many ppl come up 2 me and tell me all the horrible things about smoking and drug habits only 2 find out they have never been addicted 2 anything.... only an addict/ex-addict/recovering addict, (however you perceve someone with a past addiction) truly knows the struggle...

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Permalink Reply by T A A on March 5, 2011 at 3:58am

exactly what I said :)

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