SlowSpyder
Lifer
- Jan 12, 2005
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I think that asking the question “What would ending the war on drugs mean?”, leads to a rather fruitless discussion about our personal moral beliefs around that issue, in short, to discussion of our personal opinion of the social pros and cons evaluation of the social costs of drug policy. All well and good because it is public sentiment on various issues that influence and even drive elections. That fact, political use of the origin of the war on drugs as a tool to win elections has been noted by many and the dangers of that, the use of human fear of the other, what lies in our repressed feelings that the breakdown in self control offered by drugs might release.
But what we should really be talking about, in my opinion is why people take drugs in the first place and does understanding that issue on a personal level offer a different answer that might make the drug issue go away.
Why would anybody do anything to alter their conscious state, especially if it might cause addiction or have negative health effects.
How does the discussion change if we ask the question, “Why do people take drugs?”
Because it is my consciousness and I can do what I want with it. I am of the belief we only get one crazy trip in this thing called life, at least that's all we can count on, I'd like to experience things before the lights shut off. And with the reality of none of us are going to get out of this alive, none of us are going to live forever even through the best, most cautious of choices, people take risks and try and balance safety with daring, living a little and exploring what consciousness is and can be. It fascinates me to think one can take a simple chemical and completely alter the way in which you experience reality, how one as part of the universe experiences itself. That doesn't mean I am advocating for heroin or meth, but I think what one puts into their body is their choice and shouldn't necessarily be illegal.
Remember, it isn't an issue of "I'm far out, but rather you have never been anywhere." Your sig applies here.