The crux of all addiction, human beings love pleasure....Sex releases drugs from within the body. (Dopamine, endorphins, etc.)...So does food.

Show me a person who says they aren't addicted to anything, and I'll show you a liar....How you handle that defines your situation, and fate.

Fentanyl use = FREEDOM!!!

What a great libertarian campaign slogan!!!

Loosegoose, a person has that option now. Legal or not a person still has the ability to choose what goes into his/her body. All your bunch is advocating is making it easier to choose. The end result of heavy drug use is the same.

That's like saying a person can choose to chop their AR barrel down to 12" and put in a homemade lightning link now.

Actually, I'd like to make that easier, too. But the folks that oppose that use the same arguments that the drug criminalization folks use.

PF you are a great dodge of questions LOL

How can drug free drug use thats addicting not go higher if there is access to unlimited supply of it, whether it's been hidden or not? The case is it's addicting and will cause more problems in the short and long run, this is actually a fact now with controlled use, why wouldn't it go up with open use. Do you believe there is some sort of correlation between hidden use and open use that would slow or stop addiction. I don't see any change other than more addicts having more access to something thats causing everyone problems, such as more addiction, more family troubles, more theft for quick cash to get more, unless you equate more differently than most people do, LOL

I don't know what your not wanting asset forfeiture and victim less crime detention has to do with this, other than both come from being addicted to drugs as well, as a preventive measure to have the addict get off drugs, what is your suggestion to curtail addict's from going back on after a stint in jail ? Slap their face a couple times, or make them go to clinics for staying clean which works maybe 1 out of 8 times ?

Do you feel there should be no result of crimes done by addicts to get funds for more drugs now, or even stealing and selling stolen things for the addiction to have more ? What about when addicts are so wiped out they cause death's to others from their actions same as drinking has done, because it's now regular access does this eliminate cause and affect from the user on some one else ?

This is a very slippery slope to move into, as everyone has seen it with alcohol, not the beer out there however in some cases as well, and it being regulated still in some states and it can't be done to how easy it is to access, at least hard drugs have a more difficult way of access, even though as been mentioned its easy to get, might be in some areas others not so much, however the bottom line is the misuse of drugs that are mind changing and cause people to abstractly be cornered on the source for their needs !

and the laws are not functioning to stop or slow drugs use. then the same limiting factors will be in play if it's not illegal.

I'm not sure I believe that. The fact that some people are willing to break the law to use drugs doesn't mean that only those people would use drugs, if legal. They would be easier and less risky to obtain. Do you have any statistics, beyond your "from the porch" observations, to back up that claim?

Lots of people get hooked on opioids because of drugs they were legally prescribed. I don't believe people like Rush Limbaugh were looking to get addicted; they were provided the medicine by doctors to deal with pain, and they became hooked.

Spain and Portugal have both decriminalized user amount possession of drugs. They aren't exactly "legal", but it's an administrative crime, and most cases just get suspended. They still confiscate drugs, and heavily prosecute the trafficking. But, you aren't gonna get in trouble for having a baggie of heroin on you.

In both countries, they have less drug use and drug deaths than in America. They spend far less than America, even with have needle exchange programs, govt rehab etc.



Article about results of drug decriminalization in Spain

So as long as Dr. are doing the pushing and pharma is geting the money its all good? So if its prescribed there is no personal responsibility? is what I take as your stance.