Post by julinka on Jul 23, 2002 17:01:19 GMT -5
alcohol is not as dangerous as drugs
Which drugs? It's certainly a lot more dangerous than smoking pot.
LSD and other hallucinogens make you do and see things that are not there. They distort your reality and will ultimatley kill you.
Until you're talking about a high dose or a stronger drug, taking reasonable precautions will prevent most hallucinagenic stupidity. Yes, some people have extreme, adverse reactions. I wouldn't tell anyone that taking them is a good idea, but you're not terribly likely to die as a result of using them. The only guy I've heard of (reliably) dying as the result of hallucinagenic use got shot when he drove his car into someone's house while high on PCP.
Other drugs such as exstacy gives you awesome feelings of euphoria, then it makes you feel like your on fire. Many users become violent and other users of drugs become unbeleivably violent and powerful.
I've never seen a violent exstacy user in my life. And the "on fire" feeling would probably be best resolved by good forethought on using in an environment where they wouldn't overheat. And it would feel good anyway. Exstacy is, statistically, safer than penecillin, (in terms of short-term hospitalizations -- god knows about long-term effects of E) and a couple of good decriminalization steps (like not trying to crack down on Dancesafe people testing pills to prevent more dangerous, bunk, substitutes) would go a lot farther to prevent deaths than current measures.
As for drugs that actually "make" people violent and powerful, I'd have to say that alcohol tops that list. I saw a guy throwing off four cops, injuring one, after pitching his friend over the hedge while he was drunk. Violent people will be more violent when intoxicated (in general).
If DARE got only one thing right it's that alcohol is, in fact, a drug. And by far not the least harmful one.
I'm just saying that many people say it's all right to do certain things--and not just financially-- as long as it doesn't affect any one else
Everything affects someone else. What you have to be able to argue is that someone's taking drugs (primarily involving their right to do as they wish to their body) violates some right that you, or society has that is more important or valued.
Which drugs? It's certainly a lot more dangerous than smoking pot.
LSD and other hallucinogens make you do and see things that are not there. They distort your reality and will ultimatley kill you.
Until you're talking about a high dose or a stronger drug, taking reasonable precautions will prevent most hallucinagenic stupidity. Yes, some people have extreme, adverse reactions. I wouldn't tell anyone that taking them is a good idea, but you're not terribly likely to die as a result of using them. The only guy I've heard of (reliably) dying as the result of hallucinagenic use got shot when he drove his car into someone's house while high on PCP.
Other drugs such as exstacy gives you awesome feelings of euphoria, then it makes you feel like your on fire. Many users become violent and other users of drugs become unbeleivably violent and powerful.
I've never seen a violent exstacy user in my life. And the "on fire" feeling would probably be best resolved by good forethought on using in an environment where they wouldn't overheat. And it would feel good anyway. Exstacy is, statistically, safer than penecillin, (in terms of short-term hospitalizations -- god knows about long-term effects of E) and a couple of good decriminalization steps (like not trying to crack down on Dancesafe people testing pills to prevent more dangerous, bunk, substitutes) would go a lot farther to prevent deaths than current measures.
As for drugs that actually "make" people violent and powerful, I'd have to say that alcohol tops that list. I saw a guy throwing off four cops, injuring one, after pitching his friend over the hedge while he was drunk. Violent people will be more violent when intoxicated (in general).
If DARE got only one thing right it's that alcohol is, in fact, a drug. And by far not the least harmful one.
I'm just saying that many people say it's all right to do certain things--and not just financially-- as long as it doesn't affect any one else
Everything affects someone else. What you have to be able to argue is that someone's taking drugs (primarily involving their right to do as they wish to their body) violates some right that you, or society has that is more important or valued.