Addicts would no longer have to hide and keep quiet about their Addictions; children would start asking questions rather than bottling their feelings up; teenagers would be taught, when they ask, exactly why certain Drugs are not worth getting addicted to, why getting "faded” or “wasted" is really disrespectful to yourself and people who love you (and everyone else, really).
Anyone with a mild interest in Drugs can find, with a little asking around, at least one drug amongst the popular-on-the-street categories. That means nothing is protecting us from Drugs except our own dislike of Drug Users and Drug culture. We have made our intolerance and misunderstanding into federal law. Once you decide that "maybe" you would do Drugs, suddenly you notice a smile in you co-worker's face, or a tone of voice you never noticed before, and curiosity and trust draw you in, — and you’ll realize it’s not all black and white markets.
We will not use more drugs when they are legalized; the media makes it seem that way — and yes, when weed is legalized, you can count on them showing us plenty of teenagers taking bong rips at wild parties with topless girls throwing up on each other -- but drugs are already available to anyone with the necessary curiosity and patience.
Patience doesn't mean you tell everyone you would do drugs if they were around, it means you wait until drugs are around to do them. Essentially, we have made knowledge illegal. Idiotic scare tactics for children and pre-teens are certain proof of it.
Anyone with a mild interest in Drugs can find, with a little asking around, at least one drug amongst the popular-on-the-street categories. That means nothing is protecting us from Drugs except our own dislike of Drug Users and Drug culture. We have made our intolerance and misunderstanding into federal law. Once you decide that "maybe" you would do Drugs, suddenly you notice a smile in you co-worker's face, or a tone of voice you never noticed before, and curiosity and trust draw you in, — and you’ll realize it’s not all black and white markets.
We will not use more drugs when they are legalized; the media makes it seem that way — and yes, when weed is legalized, you can count on them showing us plenty of teenagers taking bong rips at wild parties with topless girls throwing up on each other -- but drugs are already available to anyone with the necessary curiosity and patience.
Patience doesn't mean you tell everyone you would do drugs if they were around, it means you wait until drugs are around to do them. Essentially, we have made knowledge illegal. Idiotic scare tactics for children and pre-teens are certain proof of it.
