[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
But you have to understand that it wouldn’t turn into a commercial business where there’s as many crack stores as there are Starbucks. It’s just not logical.
CS[/quote]
Walk me through where I’m going off the tracks then please.
(There is no condesending tone in my post fyi, I honestly want to hear what you think.)
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
But you have to understand that it wouldn’t turn into a commercial business where there’s as many crack stores as there are Starbucks. It’s just not logical.
CS[/quote]
Walk me through where I’m going off the tracks then please.
(There is no condesending tone in my post fyi, I honestly want to hear what you think.)[/quote]
You’re making it seem as though crack is going to be a common thing like it was in the 80s. This isn’t one of those things. Illegal drugs (that are currently illegal) will be considered strange, maybe even taboo, for a while after they are (if ever) legalized because America has been programmed to think that drugs are bad, m’kay?
CS
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
But you have to understand that it wouldn’t turn into a commercial business where there’s as many crack stores as there are Starbucks. It’s just not logical.
CS[/quote]
Walk me through where I’m going off the tracks then please.
(There is no condesending tone in my post fyi, I honestly want to hear what you think.)[/quote]
You’re making it seem as though crack is going to be a common thing like it was in the 80s. This isn’t one of those things. Illegal drugs (that are currently illegal) will be considered strange, maybe even taboo, for a while after they are (if ever) legalized because America has been programmed to think that drugs are bad, m’kay?
CS[/quote]
I don’t know, after legalizing weed, pot stores sure popped up pretty quickly. Didn’t they?
[quote]TDub301 wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
But you have to understand that it wouldn’t turn into a commercial business where there’s as many crack stores as there are Starbucks. It’s just not logical.
CS[/quote]
Walk me through where I’m going off the tracks then please.
(There is no condesending tone in my post fyi, I honestly want to hear what you think.)[/quote]
You’re making it seem as though crack is going to be a common thing like it was in the 80s. This isn’t one of those things. Illegal drugs (that are currently illegal) will be considered strange, maybe even taboo, for a while after they are (if ever) legalized because America has been programmed to think that drugs are bad, m’kay?
CS[/quote]
I don’t know, after legalizing weed, pot stores sure popped up pretty quickly. Didn’t they?[/quote]
Weed is the most commonly used recreational drug.
CS
Nobody in NYC wants this but everyone will sheepishly accept it.
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]TDub301 wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
But you have to understand that it wouldn’t turn into a commercial business where there’s as many crack stores as there are Starbucks. It’s just not logical.
CS[/quote]
Walk me through where I’m going off the tracks then please.
(There is no condesending tone in my post fyi, I honestly want to hear what you think.)[/quote]
You’re making it seem as though crack is going to be a common thing like it was in the 80s. This isn’t one of those things. Illegal drugs (that are currently illegal) will be considered strange, maybe even taboo, for a while after they are (if ever) legalized because America has been programmed to think that drugs are bad, m’kay?
CS[/quote]
I don’t know, after legalizing weed, pot stores sure popped up pretty quickly. Didn’t they?[/quote]
Weed is the most commonly used recreational drug.
CS[/quote]
No doubt, but does that eliminate it as an example for what would happen were other drugs to be legalized?
[quote]TDub301 wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]TDub301 wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
But you have to understand that it wouldn’t turn into a commercial business where there’s as many crack stores as there are Starbucks. It’s just not logical.
CS[/quote]
Walk me through where I’m going off the tracks then please.
(There is no condesending tone in my post fyi, I honestly want to hear what you think.)[/quote]
You’re making it seem as though crack is going to be a common thing like it was in the 80s. This isn’t one of those things. Illegal drugs (that are currently illegal) will be considered strange, maybe even taboo, for a while after they are (if ever) legalized because America has been programmed to think that drugs are bad, m’kay?
CS[/quote]
I don’t know, after legalizing weed, pot stores sure popped up pretty quickly. Didn’t they?[/quote]
Weed is the most commonly used recreational drug.
CS[/quote]
No doubt, but does that eliminate it as an example for what would happen were other drugs to be legalized?[/quote]
No, but do you honestly see heroine stores popping up?
CS
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]TDub301 wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]TDub301 wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
But you have to understand that it wouldn’t turn into a commercial business where there’s as many crack stores as there are Starbucks. It’s just not logical.
CS[/quote]
Walk me through where I’m going off the tracks then please.
(There is no condesending tone in my post fyi, I honestly want to hear what you think.)[/quote]
You’re making it seem as though crack is going to be a common thing like it was in the 80s. This isn’t one of those things. Illegal drugs (that are currently illegal) will be considered strange, maybe even taboo, for a while after they are (if ever) legalized because America has been programmed to think that drugs are bad, m’kay?
CS[/quote]
I don’t know, after legalizing weed, pot stores sure popped up pretty quickly. Didn’t they?[/quote]
Weed is the most commonly used recreational drug.
CS[/quote]
No doubt, but does that eliminate it as an example for what would happen were other drugs to be legalized?[/quote]
No, but do you honestly see heroine stores popping up?
CS[/quote]
No, but only because it would be available at every pharmacy and liquor store.
[quote]Airtruth wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]TDub301 wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]TDub301 wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
But you have to understand that it wouldn’t turn into a commercial business where there’s as many crack stores as there are Starbucks. It’s just not logical.
CS[/quote]
Walk me through where I’m going off the tracks then please.
(There is no condesending tone in my post fyi, I honestly want to hear what you think.)[/quote]
You’re making it seem as though crack is going to be a common thing like it was in the 80s. This isn’t one of those things. Illegal drugs (that are currently illegal) will be considered strange, maybe even taboo, for a while after they are (if ever) legalized because America has been programmed to think that drugs are bad, m’kay?
CS[/quote]
I don’t know, after legalizing weed, pot stores sure popped up pretty quickly. Didn’t they?[/quote]
Weed is the most commonly used recreational drug.
CS[/quote]
No doubt, but does that eliminate it as an example for what would happen were other drugs to be legalized?[/quote]
No, but do you honestly see heroine stores popping up?
CS[/quote]
No, but only because it would be available at every pharmacy and liquor store.[/quote]
Doubtful. If the government were to legalize them, then there would be strict regulations on them of who can get it, when, and how much, and how often.
CS
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]TDub301 wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]TDub301 wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]CSEagles1694 wrote:
But you have to understand that it wouldn’t turn into a commercial business where there’s as many crack stores as there are Starbucks. It’s just not logical.
CS[/quote]
Walk me through where I’m going off the tracks then please.
(There is no condesending tone in my post fyi, I honestly want to hear what you think.)[/quote]
You’re making it seem as though crack is going to be a common thing like it was in the 80s. This isn’t one of those things. Illegal drugs (that are currently illegal) will be considered strange, maybe even taboo, for a while after they are (if ever) legalized because America has been programmed to think that drugs are bad, m’kay?
CS[/quote]
I don’t know, after legalizing weed, pot stores sure popped up pretty quickly. Didn’t they?[/quote]
Weed is the most commonly used recreational drug.
CS[/quote]
No doubt, but does that eliminate it as an example for what would happen were other drugs to be legalized?[/quote]
No, but do you honestly see heroine stores popping up?
CS[/quote]
I think they would. They wouldn’t get good reception, but there would be people who would sell it. It would probably be more like just a general drug store with all the drugs that were formerly illegal available.
Although, I feel like if you knew where to look, you could find one now even though it’s illegal.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
I posted this in the other thread, but it is relevant here.
We all know that sugar directly relates to obesity correct?
We put a sin tax on tobacco…here in Utah a can of Skoal is almost $7…why not do that for sugared drinks over 32oz?
American health insurance cannot handle the influx of fatties…so it really is ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS.
Nobody blinks an eye when we tax the shit out of tobacco…because it causes cancer, people can still smoke but they have to pay extra to do it.
High Fructose Corn Syrup leads to diabetes and obesity…why not make it harder to suck that shit down???[/quote]
Because you eat for sustenance, and tobacco you don’t.
I think that’s why people are in an uproar over the food taxes but have no problem with tobacco tax.[/quote]
But if obesity and diabetes are top 5 killers of people…and we all share the insurance costs.
Why can I not tell the fattie that has to pay more to drink straight sugar all damn day out of his 64oz Mountain Dew mug?
When Tobacco kills people, we make them pay more…sorry high fructose corn syrup is not necessary for sustenance.
Laws are specific for each country, for differing reasons. In America one reason for the drinking age of twenty one is because the brain isn’t fully developed until at least twenty one. This has been long understood.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2006/02/06.html
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Don’t countries other than the US allow this?
I mean, are the drinking realted issues in Canada that much worse? In a statistically significant way?[/quote]
*edited
I’ve always found it strange that someone is able to die for their country at 18, but unable to have a beer.
KD,
i’m pretty sure that is not the reason, if we were worried about the frail psyche of 18 year olds and their brains unfinished growth, we probably wouldn’t be sending them to Afghanistan to have their melons rattled by IED’s.
The drinking age is 21 because a bunch of groups like MADD (or their predecessors) cited the frequency of alcohol related vehicle accidents for younger drivers (18-20) and how those rates had gone up after the MLDA had been lowered in 29 states from 1970-1975. The federal government doesn’t set the drinking ages (it is up to the states) but the feds decided to withhold highway money for any state not raising the MLDA to 21, and as we all know money talks (and makes laws).
[quote]kneedragger79 wrote:
Laws are specific for each country, for a differing reasons. In America one reason for the drinking age of twenty one is because the brain isn’t fully developed until at least twenty one. This has been long understood.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2006/02/06.html
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Don’t countries other than the US allow this?
I mean, are the drinking realted issues in Canada that much worse? In a statistically significant way?[/quote]
[/quote]
And yet under-21s are trusted to kill our enemies abroad and to determine the fate of our democracy in the ballot box at home.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
I’ve always found it strange that someone is able to die for their country at 18, but unable to have a beer.[/quote]
They are not really dying for their country. This is the lie politicians tell us so we can feel better about sending our brothers and sons to die.
Brain-
I prefer that you provide a reason with a source to back the claim, that will be much more than just an opinion.
[quote]BrianHanson wrote:
KD,
i’m pretty sure that is not the reason, if we were worried about the frail psyche of 18 year olds and their brains unfinished growth, we probably wouldn’t be sending them to Afghanistan to have their melons rattled by IED’s.
The drinking age is 21 because a bunch of groups like MADD (or their predecessors) cited the frequency of alcohol related vehicle accidents for younger drivers (18-20) and how those rates had gone up after the MLDA had been lowered in 29 states from 1970-1975. The federal government doesn’t set the drinking ages (it is up to the states) but the feds decided to withhold highway money for any state not raising the MLDA to 21, and as we all know money talks (and makes laws).[/quote]
I said the same thing to Brian ^ a source to back your claim will always better than an opinion.
[quote]kneedragger79 wrote:
I said the same thing to Brian ^ a source to back your claim will always better than an opinion.
[/quote]
Link about the raising of the drinking age by the feds in 1984 witholding highway money if the states did not do so.
[quote]LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
I’ve always found it strange that someone is able to die for their country at 18, but unable to have a beer.[/quote]
They are not really dying for their country. This is the lie politicians tell us so we can feel better about sending our brothers and sons to die.[/quote]
And here comes Lifty to disrespect the service of everyone that’s fought the last ten years. Good going.
Why is it that you hate the military?
CS