[justwhatever]

Miles--

Again, you have my attention. But how would a free market work in our society? Due to the capitalist nature of our society, ambitious business people would begin to compete for money and continue to raise prices. If drugs were completely un-regulated, prices could sky-rocket, quality could go down, experimental chemists could make phony **** and rip people off. Someone could monopolize the market. Right? Kind of like ***..if there were no *** commissions, you wouldn't know if you were pumping dollars into a slot machine that is never going to pay out.

amanda

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[justwhatever]

I didn't know that g----- ing is a bad word

this forum is about helping and healing-- feel free to correct my mistakes

[JahRed24]

What about the legalization of Marijuana, that is our governments first step into making a place where all drugs are legal..?

[JahRed24]

Is no one interested in this topic anymore? oh well i will have to spark another one!

[JahRed24]

Just because you and others on here cant control a substance you consume does not mean the rest of us cant. Ok. I have a few good friends that follow my ritual of drug use and i tell them to follow exactly what i do and you will be fine. all my friends consult me b4 consuming a drug or how much of a certain drug they should consume and so on. Opiates are OK to use, even if you not prescribed them. But not for everyone, you have to fully understand the power of the drug and then you can start to enjoy it to its potential, lets consider this too, morphine is a naturally occuring chemical put here by god himself, and furthermore oxycodone hydrochloride would never exist if it wasn't for morphine in the first place.

Opiates and opioids are classes of depressant analgesics derived from or chemically similar to substances found in P. somniferum, the opium poppy. They include both naturally occurring and synthetic substances.

[Rscprincess1]

Ok,

Opinions Are Like A------S! Everyone Has One. Everyone Is Entitled To One. I Think Everyone Should Do What They Are Going To Be Happy Doing.... If That Means Using "Drugs" Illeagally Then Whatever. This Does Not However Mean That I Agree With That Senario And That I Would Use "Drugs" Illeagally Now But 10 Years Ago I Thought I Was Above Addiction And Used Several Differnt "Drugs" Illeagally. My Point Is Everyone Is Entitled To Make Their Decisions And Yes They May Not Always Be The Right Ones And We May Not Agree With Them But, They Are That Persons Decisions To Make And That Persons Mistakes To Make And It Is That Persons Responsibility To Learn From Those Decisions And Mistakes And Fix The Consiquences That Those Decisions Have Caused. Who Are We To Judge Anyone?

I'm Not A Pharmacist Or A Medical Doctor. This Message Is Not Medical Advice Or Is It An Offer To Provide Medical Advice. All Drug I.Ds Should Be Validated By A Licensed MD Or Pharmacist. But I Do Enjoy Helping If I Can.

[justwhatever]

jah red--

I still think it's a really interesting subject. Marijuana is still illegal on a federal level, but it's true that supporters of it's legalization are still operating in the west coast states. I mean I'm from Cali, and 98% of the people I meet don't think it's a big deal and support the idea of legal marijuana used for medical purposes. I agree. However, supporters of this idea still have a lot of opposition, especially in the more conservative areas of the country.

I still would like to know how a "free" drug market would work in our society--- do you have any input??

amanda

this forum is about helping and healing-- feel free to correct my mistakes

[Miles]

Justwhatever:

Free trade in the drug market benefits all parties and would work something like the following.

If Tom sold you his shirt for $10, he would benefit because he obviously values the $10 more than his shirt. If he didn’t, he would not have traded it. You would also gain from the trade because you obviously value the shirt more than you do the $10. If you didn’t, then you would not have agreed to the deal. Free trade in the drug market would work the same way. If Tom sells you marijuana for $10, he gains because he values the money more, and you gain because you value the drugs more. [u]Whether or not a person thinks you should value the drugs more is not the question</u>. That third party is not involved in the trade. The amount of pleasure the drug brings you is your motivation for buying it. Trade is a positive-sum game.

Undeniably, certain third parties would be offended by the drug transaction on moral or ethical grounds. However, try to find a free market transaction that doesn’t offend someone (think alcohol, cigarettes, and birth control, for example) – objections aside, beliefs of these parties do not stop these items from being sold.

The foremost important social benefit from free trade in drugs would be a reduction in crime. Were addictive drugs to be made legal, crime would decrease for at least four main reasons:

1) Lowered price of narcotics would eliminate the theft and murder associated with their high prices.
2) Substance-related disputes (e.g., gang warfare and street violence) will be reduced.
3) The drug business creates huge profits for cartels. If the narcotics market were open and free, drug revenues would be equally distributed by free market forces, and would have less of a chance of supporting terrorist organizations, crime rings, and cartel activity and profit.
4) With transport, sale, and possession legalized, formerly illegal activities would now become society-approved business transactions. The prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s makes the point – when Prohibition ended, alcohol-related crime ceased.

Regards,
Miles

[Ahcapellette]

this is a very interesting topic. personally I do not see the difference in taking the occasional distraction from life, isn't reading a book or watching hours of television the same thing. I also think that popping a zanax so you don't strangle the living sXXt out of someone is probebly better for you then watching 10 hours of television that probebly will include several different ways to strangle the Sxxt out of someone that you had not thought about. Wouldn't that use of an opiat fall under the same heading as "medicinal pot"?
Years ago I smoked for one month to help with insomnia. I had a regiment and I stuck to it. It's been 10 years and although I still have the rare episode, I have never had insomnia for more then one night or two in a row and I used to go weeks with out good sleep[xx(] It was really hard for me to hold down a job and keep my head on straight! I don't have that problem anymore and I don't regreat it at all. I also do not advocate supporting drug addiction but I think Miles is right. Free trade is probebly the only way to stablize the illicite drug industry and it's casualties. Think to how booze and cigs are legal but not everyone smokes or drinks, legalization doesn't neccisarilly mean that everyone is going to run out and get hooked.
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Just my opinion, and I'm not 20 lol
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