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Uncle Joe
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:20 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do You Believe it's Possible to Ever Win The War Against Drugs? |
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. You can if you do it smart: Focus on prevention and treatment, make the drugs legal |
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eShirl
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. But then it's no longer a "war on" drugs, now is it? |
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. Good point. But there's more important things to war on anyway, like terrists ... and more oil |
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leftofthedial
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. make drugs legal!?!?!? |
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
51. What? No, I'm not french! I love America! Go Red White and Blue! These colors don't run! |
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Mr_Monday
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Or perhaps |
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
50. True. After all, how many alcoholics do you know who've robbed a bank to fund their addiction? n/t |
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. nope, not even doing it "smart" will make a difference... |
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. It would make a very big difference, as treatment has been shown to be cost-effective |
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HughMoran
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not only is it not possible, but the "war on drugs" is counterproductive |
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Flabbergasted
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. How many get drug in just because it's illegal? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. |
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shain from kane
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. There is such a huge diverse population. How can you control everything? |
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JFN1
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why doesn't the war on drugs include alcohol? |
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Deep13
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. More dangerous than marijuana. Don't know about most of the others. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Almost everyone does pot. |
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Deep13
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. That is a bit of an exaggeration. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. OK, it's an exaggeration. |
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MagickMuffin
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
56. A lot of good Marinol will do ya, if you are nauseated and can't keep the pills down |
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MethuenProgressive
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. We even can't outlaw cigarettes. How can we abolish anything? |
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Deep13
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. Possible, but the cure may be worse than the disease. |
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Irreverend IX
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. The only way to win is not to play. |
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hobbit709
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. You got it |
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ixion
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. spot on |
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KG
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. time to start treating addictions as a public health issue and not as crime |
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Deep13
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I think it has to be both. |
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Blashyrkh
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. They are dangerous because... |
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Deep13
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Well no, the impurities are very dangerous. |
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Odin2005
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. BS, those hard drugs are INHERENTLY dangerous. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. If they were inherently dangerous, they wouldn't be available via prescription. |
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Deep13
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. That's not true. Look at chemo drugs. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. PCP's a tranquilizer, anasthetic. |
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Mythsaje
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Actually, LSD started out as a psychiatric drug... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I thought it started out as a CIA weapon. |
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Mythsaje
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Well, I know the CIA did experiment with it... |
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MagickMuffin
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. You are wrong about LSD |
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Mythsaje
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Indeed. |
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MagickMuffin
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. MAPS is still trying to get fed approval to experiment with certain psychedelic drugs |
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Blashyrkh
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Why? |
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Deep13
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Natually occurring things can be dangerous. |
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Blashyrkh
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Sure, I'm not really familiar with it, but why not? |
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hobbit709
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Drinking too much water can kill you too. |
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Deep13
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Um, why yes it can. |
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Irreverend IX
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
58. Alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous than almost any illegal drug... |
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JerseygirlCT
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
47. Exactly nt |
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Old and In the Way
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. When you have DC-9's marked up with DHS logo's, carry coke by the tonnage, |
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Iggo
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:36 PM Original message |
It's not a war on drugs. |
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galileo3000
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. I support a Drug-Free America |
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Mr_Monday
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Here's a thought: |
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flashl
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. No. Stopping the drug war will negatively impact the economy. n/t |
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terrya
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Fuck no. |
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ixion
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. people have used drugs, in one form or another, for thousands of years |
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SecularMotion
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. Sure |
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Oeditpus Rex
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
32. Only if the warriors start calling it what it is: |
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Skarbrowe
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. There are "some" governments that make money from |
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Rex
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
39. There is no war on drugs. |
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polichick
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Also a big excuse to toss black and brown people in jail... |
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catnhatnh
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Mon Dec-03-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. I voted other.... |
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MagickMuffin
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. When Timothy Leary testified before congress, he warned about the dangers |
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polichick
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:02 PM Original message |
I don't believe in having "wars on" anything. nt |
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napi21
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'm surprised the foolishness lasted as long as it did! The people |
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wildbilln864
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Mon Dec-03-07 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
60. The war on drugs isn't supposed to be won...... |
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Throd
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Mon Dec-03-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. We have a winner! |
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Initech
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Mon Dec-03-07 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
62. "It's not a war on drugs. It's a war on personal freedoms." - Bill Hicks |
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XemaSab
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Mon Dec-03-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
63. If the borders were shut down tomorrow |
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L. Coyote
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Mon Dec-03-07 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
64. If we do, can we claim all the oil? |
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CANDO
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Mon Dec-03-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
65. No. But it works wonderfully for the Prison Industrial Complex. |
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Perry Logan
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Mon Dec-03-07 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
66. Not without some serious editing of our chromosomes. |
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deutsey
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Mon Dec-03-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
67. No, just like you'll never win the "war" on terrorism or poverty |
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