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    Lightbulb Re: What changes would you support to our narcotics laws?

    Quote Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro View Post
    Eating a pizza, unhealthy yet pleasurable
    Riding a motorcyle, risky yet fun (I believ 16x more likely to die)
    Drinking coffee, a stimulant, unhealthy

    So being "unhealthy", "risky" or "a drug" is fine. But obviously the goverment has some responsibility.

    About 5,000 people a year die in motorcyle accidents, and you are about twice as likely to die if you take a bike compared to a car. So that's 2,500 deaths a year the government could prevent by banning motorcyles. And all the extra injuries as well, probably 99% of motorcyle accidents result in injury. The rate of death is 66.7 per 100,000.

    So if you support motorcyles being legal, should you support any drug being legal that has a death rate of 66.7 per 100,000 or less?

    Some drugs have other concerns besides death, but I left the amputated arms and smashed in faces out of the motorcyle equation too because I didn't want to take the time to look it up.
    Many owners of motorcycles are responsible people. Motorcycle is meant to be a transport vehicle.The example you gave is a simple abuse. Some drugs are used in the medicine and that's not illegal. Using your example, legalisation of the drugs is abolishing the speed limit.

    Ooops, Sasaki, I thought you voted for full legalisation...
    Last edited by Prince Cobra; 11-05-2009 at 19:49.
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