Comments on: On Drug Toxicity And Policy http://donklephant.com/2007/03/26/commenter-on-drug-toxicity-and-policy/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lewis http://donklephant.com/2007/03/26/commenter-on-drug-toxicity-and-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-290490 Lewis Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:03:26 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/03/26/commenter-on-drug-toxicity-and-policy/#comment-290490 I dunno. I had a great time in the seventies but then there wasn't urine tests back then. What I did see then and it's even more apparent now is that with youth, pot and other drug users screw up their lives before they are old enough to know better. Many do recover and turn things around but many, especially young men, do not. And that's the real problem with recreational drug use. The I don't give a crap and irresponsible attitude that is so closely tied to the behavior. Then we wind up with a bunch of undereducated and underemployed young people who are a burden on those who did work hard and contribute their fair share. It's not right for the hard working folk to have to provide for those who partied all the freaking time and are too damn lazy to take care of themselves. I dunno. I had a great time in the seventies but then there wasn’t urine tests back then. What I did see then and it’s even more apparent now is that with youth, pot and other drug users screw up their lives before they are old enough to know better. Many do recover and turn things around but many, especially young men, do not.

And that’s the real problem with recreational drug use. The I don’t give a crap and irresponsible attitude that is so closely tied to the behavior. Then we wind up with a bunch of undereducated and underemployed young people who are a burden on those who did work hard and contribute their fair share. It’s not right for the hard working folk to have to provide for those who partied all the freaking time and are too damn lazy to take care of themselves.

]]> By: sleipner http://donklephant.com/2007/03/26/commenter-on-drug-toxicity-and-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-288541 sleipner Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:04:04 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/03/26/commenter-on-drug-toxicity-and-policy/#comment-288541 The biggest problem is the first time a little girl gets run over by someone who was doing *any* drug, the media will jump all over it, MAAD and other such organizations will scream to the heavens, and all the lawmakers who voted in a more lenient drug policy will be lambasted as baby killers and driven out of office. Not that I think any kid dying is a small matter, but unfortunately it happens all the time, and not just because of alcohol or drugs. To take a single (or statistically unlikely) incident and blow it into a "your child is about to be run over by drug crazed lunatics" meme is irresponsible and inflammatory. Not to mention that people are doing many drugs all the time already, but without the safety that regulated dosages and contents would provide in controlling their intake and intoxication levels. The biggest problem is the first time a little girl gets run over by someone who was doing *any* drug, the media will jump all over it, MAAD and other such organizations will scream to the heavens, and all the lawmakers who voted in a more lenient drug policy will be lambasted as baby killers and driven out of office.

Not that I think any kid dying is a small matter, but unfortunately it happens all the time, and not just because of alcohol or drugs. To take a single (or statistically unlikely) incident and blow it into a “your child is about to be run over by drug crazed lunatics” meme is irresponsible and inflammatory.

Not to mention that people are doing many drugs all the time already, but without the safety that regulated dosages and contents would provide in controlling their intake and intoxication levels.

]]> By: Joshua http://donklephant.com/2007/03/26/commenter-on-drug-toxicity-and-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-287873 Joshua Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:28:16 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/03/26/commenter-on-drug-toxicity-and-policy/#comment-287873 If only the "war on drugs" weren't actually just another culture war (if not the mother of all culture wars) in public-health-and-safety drag, this might actually stand a chance of getting past Congress. If only the “war on drugs” weren’t actually just another culture war (if not the mother of all culture wars) in public-health-and-safety drag, this might actually stand a chance of getting past Congress.

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