so you say you want to cut down on illegal drug use?
the youtube generation may not be capable of sitting through 30 minutes of expressed opinion, and for them i'd suggest skipping straight to 3:30 and giving it 4 minutes.
in this piece, author graham hancock suggests honest and open debate on the subject of drug use, and points out that use of addictive tobacco, which is legal, has seen drastic reductions over the past decades in largest part due to the availability of honest and reliable information on its health effects, whereas use of non-addictive marijuana, which is burdened with severe legal penalties and for which available information on health effects is effectively drowned out in the public consciousness by state-sponsored oppression, has seen consistent increase.
he also strays into discussions of personal liberty which i think may serve to obfuscate the basic point that we may very well be going about the curbing of drug usage all wrong. (and, as long as we're obfuscating, i'll point out that we can desperately use new sources of tax revenue too).
in this piece, author graham hancock suggests honest and open debate on the subject of drug use, and points out that use of addictive tobacco, which is legal, has seen drastic reductions over the past decades in largest part due to the availability of honest and reliable information on its health effects, whereas use of non-addictive marijuana, which is burdened with severe legal penalties and for which available information on health effects is effectively drowned out in the public consciousness by state-sponsored oppression, has seen consistent increase.
he also strays into discussions of personal liberty which i think may serve to obfuscate the basic point that we may very well be going about the curbing of drug usage all wrong. (and, as long as we're obfuscating, i'll point out that we can desperately use new sources of tax revenue too).
posted by kad barma at 8:25 AM
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I am for the legalization of some of that drug market, both to avoid corruption of government officials and for the tax benefits. It would also deprive cartels of profits, but the secret story is that the drug cartels have long ago branched out and are making money in many ways.
It does go back to the question of freedom and what does freedom mean, vs the idea that we need Jean-Jacques Rousseau and all the other nanny government folks telling us what to do because we are not a smart as they are.
Regards — Cliff
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