What changes would you support to our narcotics laws?

[HoreTore]

Listen cowpoke, you're working backwards.

No legit buisness can deal in drugs because they are illegal.

This leads to a vaccum

This vaccum gets filled by peolpe who stab people

This vaccum turns into dog-eat-dog

The violence gets ramped up

By legalising the drugs these things will end, just like the mafia got out of the alcohol buisness.

Sure, I agree with all of that.

But as long as things remain the way they are, I'm not touching that stuff. If the situation changes, and it's sold by government outlets, for example, then the situation changes, of course(though I still doubt that I will try it, I love my beer).

Bottom line is; I'm not going to fill the coffers of a crook. No way Jose. Don't care how great his offer is, I won't take it.

[Strike For The South]

Sure, I agree with all of that.

But as long as things remain the way they are, I'm not touching that stuff. If the situation changes, and it's sold by government outlets, for example, then the situation changes, of course(though I still doubt that I will try it, I love my beer).

Bottom line is; I'm not going to fill the coffers of a crook. No way Jose. Don't care how great his offer is, I won't take it.

Why are we arguing?

[HoreTore]

Why are we arguing?

Because you're Texan.

[Strike For The South]

Because you're Texan.

Norweigan penis envy?

[HoreTore]

Norweigan penis envy?

Yeah.... You tiny Texans just can't come to terms with my might Norwegian boner...

But hey, given its incredible size, I don't blame y'all.

[Prince Cobra]

I think the backroom is about measuring your wits, not ~~ It is surpising how swiftly we moved from the opiates to sex... Tz-tz-tz...

[Sasaki Kojiro]

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.

[Fragony]

Yeah.... You tiny Texans just can't come to terms with my might Norwegian boner...

But hey, given its incredible size, I don't blame y'all.

You misunderstood when they called you vi KING. you got pointy ears that's all.

[Idaho]

by the rationale that we don't accept it as one.

But do you agree with laws based on cultural and emotional responses or do you think there should be some method or evidence behind such decisions?

But as long as things remain the way they are, I'm not touching that stuff. If the situation changes, and it's sold by government outlets, for example, then the situation changes, of course(though I still doubt that I will try it, I love my beer).

I wouldn't touch heroin and cocaine if it was legal. I'm just not interested.

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.

Not so at all. Most drug users are responsible people. Do you think everyone you see sat in a pub or stood outside smoking a cigarette is a wild and dangerous person?

[Furunculus]

But do you agree with laws based on cultural and emotional responses or do you think there should be some method or evidence behind such decisions?

both, but principally the first, and regardless i have little interest in drugs, only the problems caused by their criminalisation.