tattoomytoe Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 it seems a lot of persons are very anti-drug, but at the same time condone drinking. i was just wondering why there are these feeling about one and not the other.... i think they are very similar, but obviously totally different.... Link to post Share on other sites
Darkangelism Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 They are similar and different, if it makes sense. Both are unhealthy, people die from both. But alcohol is legal, it has less permentate affects on the body then drugs do. Link to post Share on other sites
Author tattoomytoe Posted March 31, 2004 Author Share Posted March 31, 2004 alcohal is Not legal unless you are 21....but here are a lot of illegal drinker out there too, isn't that contradictory? Link to post Share on other sites
dyermaker Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Alcohol is legal because we can't stop it. Cigarettes are legal because of politically influential industries. Marijuana is illegal because there isn't a marijuana industry, and marijuana is a western crop, so our early eastern trading companies didn't trade pot like they traded tobacco. It's not a matter of being safe, it's a business thing. Originally posted by Darkangelism alcohol is legal, it has less permentate affects on the body then drugs do. This is unbelievably untrue--Alcohol doesn't have permanent effects on the body? Alcohol addiction, liver poisoning, drunk driving... Link to post Share on other sites
Arabess Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Tatt, It's just the way the law is.....regardless of the reasons why. If people feel it is an unfair law....it's always open for change. It also depends on what type of dugs you are talking about....post -vs- many others. I drink plenty. I don't do drugs because we have drug checks at work.....and I don't want to go to jail for obtaining something illegally. Link to post Share on other sites
Darkangelism Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Originally posted by dyermaker This is unbelievably untrue--Alcohol doesn't have permanent effects on the body? Alcohol addiction, liver poisoning, drunk driving... Drunk driving is not a permenant effect on the body, what i am saying that many drugs will leave permentant damage from one use. Link to post Share on other sites
CosmoGirl1391 Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 I am always up for having a drink every now and then, but yes, alcohol is very dangerous and addictive and it can have serious consequences if not used responsibly. Drugs are the same way. All the things you mentioned above are so true, but I think the most important one is the thousands of babies born every year with fetal alcohol syndrome or narcotic addiction - it's a shame. Those stupid ass women who do that to their unborn children should be put in jail. Link to post Share on other sites
Arabess Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Originally posted by CosmoGirl1391 Those stupid ass women who do that to their unborn children should be put in jail. I TOTALLY AGREE!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
dyermaker Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Originally posted by Darkangelism Drunk driving is not a permenant effect on the body Tell that to the 17,000 people who die, every year, from drunk driving deaths. what i am saying that many drugs will leave permentant damage from one use. Completely irrelevant. Whether you shoot yourself in the head, or slit wrists and watch yourself bleed--you're still damaging yourself. You once said, in a drug-thread, "Drugs are bad" This is the case with all social drugs, they all have detrimental effects on your body. Some are worse than others. But the matter of legality comes down to business, not safety. Link to post Share on other sites
moimeme Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Excerpt: The neurological effects of alcohol can occur directly, because alcohol is a toxic substance, or they can occur indirectly, through damage to other body organs (e.g., the liver) that subsequently interferes with the workings of nerve cells in the brain from: http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh21-1/65.pdf For a whole issue of Alcohol Research and Health and some details about what booze does to your body, go here: http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh21-1/toc21-1.htm Added to all the other health issues is the fact that alcohol is implicated in breast cancer I like a drink now and then, but I have less than one drink a month. When I do drink, it's for the flavour of the beverage; I find the sensation of the 'buzz' to be very unpleasant and so never drink for that sort of effect. Link to post Share on other sites
pav186 Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 dyermaker is 100% right. it comes down to money. DA...drugs do not damage your health from one use, you were prob told that in D.A.R.E. My psychology professor was just talking the other day about how alcohol is actually one of the worst drugs (legal or illegal) that you can take and that it is really bad on your nervous system. Lobbying by the pharmaceutical industry is why marijuana is still illegal. If it was legalized all the meds they prescribe from pain, multiple sclerosis, AIDS and cancer pain etc would all become obsolete because marijuana is safer and more effective. But instead of legalizing marijuana we need a pharmaceutical company to make a sythetic version of a chemical already found in abundance in nature, THC. The reason people are very anti-drug is because its hard wired into our brains that drugs are bad and evil regardless of the fact that drugs in and of themselves are neutral. For some reason alcohol is OK and can be advertised during sports, but if you smoke weed you support terrorism. Give me a break!, argh, wheres my bowl... If reason were to ever take over people would realize that adults should be able to make whatever decision that they want if they accept the consequence, this is supposed to be a free society. They can give ritalin to a 5 year old but an adult cannot use cocaine responsibly, meanwhile they both have similar long term effects and act on the same neurotransmitter in the brain. I think it is more of a crime to put get a 5 or 10 year old kid high daily on speed. Dexedrine and adderall are amphetamines with a name. With the drug war there is no line between use and abuse since all use is abuse. But think about how ridiculous it is that you freedom, the most precious gift you have, can be taken from you for making a personal decision. "If ketchup had 1/20 of the carcinogens of a single cigarette they'd pull it off the shelves tomorrow" -Bill Maher ::once AGAIN, rant off:: Link to post Share on other sites
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