Originally posted by: Brutuskend
I remember as a kid hearing how drug pushers will give you freebies "Just try this.." then once you are "hooked" up goes the price.
Yet it seems an awful lot of these drugs ads on T.V. say "Just ask your Dr. for a free sample" or "Call or visit our web site for your free 28 day sample"
Why are THESE pushers any better than the local dealer down on the street corner?
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
I've done drugs off and on since the early 70's yet I hold down a steady job, have never robbed or stolen to support my "habit" and have never been addicted to any of them.
My Mother on the other hand was taking prescription drugs and stopped cold turkey. She ended up in the hospital with with drawls. But THOSE drugs were OK since her Doctor gave them to her!
America is WEIRD....
Originally posted by: virtueixi
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
I've done drugs off and on since the early 70's yet I hold down a steady job, have never robbed or stolen to support my "habit" and have never been addicted to any of them.
My Mother on the other hand was taking prescription drugs and stopped cold turkey. She ended up in the hospital with with drawls. But THOSE drugs were OK since her Doctor gave them to her!
America is WEIRD....
Not everyone can stop the habit.
P.S HIPPIE!
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
I've done drugs off and on since the early 70's yet I hold down a steady job, have never robbed or stolen to support my "habit" and have never been addicted to any of them.
My Mother on the other hand was taking prescription drugs and stopped cold turkey. She ended up in the hospital with with drawls. But THOSE drugs were OK since her Doctor gave them to her!
America is WEIRD....
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Why are most illegal drugs illegal?
Cuz uncle Sam and or some big pharmaceutical company can't make a lot of $$$$ from the use of them.
Do you really think the legal ones being pushed on T.V. are THAT much "better" than some of the illegal ones?
Originally posted by: thomsbrain
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Why are most illegal drugs illegal?
Cuz uncle Sam and or some big pharmaceutical company can't make a lot of $$$$ from the use of them.
Do you really think the legal ones being pushed on T.V. are THAT much "better" than some of the illegal ones?
actually they could make a ton of money off of them. look how much the government makes on cigarettes.
really it basically comes down to social norms. certain drugs are seen as deviant behavior, while others aren't. when you try to make a previously deviant behavior the norm, people get really upset because it threatens "society" and makes them feel really insecure. the thing with illegal drugs is exactly the same as the issue with homosexual marriage. that's why people think it "threatens" their own marriages, not because it makes their marriage invalid (though this is the reason they often claim) but because it threatens to make society as a whole looser. to feel comfortable, people need a stable society, just like dogs need to know their place in the pack or they get anxious. so any time someone tries to change the rules, people have an irrational hissy-fit because they "don't know what the world is coming to anymore." if people would just think it out, they'd see that sometimes there can be good reasons for changing our norms. and of course, by exposing people to it a lot (and by having each new generation get older with their new set of norms), deviant behavior will eventually become the norm. so my bet is that over time we certain drugs start to be legal.
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