The Problem With The War On Drugs

[Beirut]

(a) - I am not, I just don't agree with murdering people so that you can get high. Also, you are well aware of the other problems associated with drug use.

I'm not sure any sentient being agrees with murdering someone in order to get high, but murder is not in question here. The issue is drug use.

(b) - I don't think age is an excuse. If someone murders they deserve death...plain and simple. I do not discriminate.

Indeed.

(c) - Punishing someone for murder is not cruelty. They will be warned, and you will only end up having to kill people who (a) are dangerous criminals willing to risk it to make money or (b) desperate, dangerous individuals who will do anything for a fix...including risk their own life.

You speak again of murder, but murder is not the issue. Drug use is. You spoke of executions for drug users in your original post, not executions for murderers.

(d) - The death penalty? What is draconian about it? If someone is a murderer, they need to be killed so they will not kill more. Are you aware that many States already have the death penalty for some crimes? Treason currently can be punished by the death penalty, so nothing would really change.

I was speaking again to how drug users would be treated.

(e) - So you are saying that if the state is empowered to execute murderers who are convicted of murder by a jury, next thing they will be sending in the military because you complained about taxes? Really?

We must have a crossed wire here somewhere. I was speaking to the issue of drug use, as per your original post, but you are speaking to the issue of murder only.

All my questions were to the issue of how "you" would treat drug users. Sorry if I was unclear in my previous post.