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QuoteI thought this was pretty good. I actually grew up a bit later but still with some of these "drug" problems, not all of them.
We need to return to most of these.
The United States has had serious drug problems of all kinds starting primarily after the Civil War. Thousands and thousands of CW vets were hooked on morphine and they could order "kits" complete with syringe and drugs from Sears catalog. Millions of people were hooked on all kinds of opaites....everything from cough syrup to tablets.....who would not feel better after a speedball?????? Around 1900 or so, the feds started trying to find ways to make certain drugs illegal, and the states actually fought it! The feds got away with it by offering a federal "stamp" or kind of a license that would allow dealers to sell legally.....of course the federal government never had the intention of making these stamps!
"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"
But as usual the IRS doesn't care. They just want their money.>http://www.drugstamps.com/2007/10/09/what-is-a-drug-tax-stamp/ Kinda like them overlooking illegals and backs that help illegals.QuoteQuoteI thought this was pretty good. I actually grew up a bit later but still with some of these "drug" problems, not all of them.
We need to return to most of these.
The United States has had serious drug problems of all kinds starting primarily after the Civil War. Thousands and thousands of CW vets were hooked on morphine and they could order "kits" complete with syringe and drugs from Sears catalog. Millions of people were hooked on all kinds of opaites....everything from cough syrup to tablets.....who would not feel better after a speedball?????? Around 1900 or so, the feds started trying to find ways to make certain drugs illegal, and the states actually fought it! The feds got away with it by offering a federal "stamp" or kind of a license that would allow dealers to sell legally.....of course the federal government never had the intention of making these stamps!
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
jcd11235 0
QuoteBut, in comparison to alcohol and tobacco, it is safer in most situations.
Bullshit.
http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/statistics/statistics_info1.shtml
QuoteDeaths per user:
Alcohol = 100,000/140,000,000 = .07 % or 70 per 100,000
Cocaine = 1,000/ 12,200,000 = .008 % or 8 per 100,000
Deaths per abuser:
Alcohol = 100,000/18,000,000 = .56 % or 56 per 10,000
Cocaine = 1,000/ 250,000 = .40 % or 40 per 10,000
So even considering abusers, with advantage to alcohol (probably
should be over 1%), cocaine is still healthier.
jcd11235 0
QuoteThose statistics are direct relationships. The indirect effects of alcohol are a lot larger.
Agreed. Alcohol may be legal, but it is significantly more dangerous.
BillyVance 34
Man this thread skewed off into a different tangent than what my intention was.
It's all good though...
jcd11235 0
QuoteMan this thread skewed off into a different tangent than what my intention was.
It's all good though...
Sorry you got drug into it.
BillyVance 34
QuoteQuoteMan this thread skewed off into a different tangent than what my intention was.
It's all good though...
Sorry you got drug into it.
touche
Shotgun 1
Well, if you want an opinion on the OP... Sure, meth labs wouldn't exist today, and life would be perfect... if only everyone would still beat their children and force them to go to church every Sunday.
Bullshit.
A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail
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