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Originally Posted by Restless
My point garinda was this.
I think it is ignorant to tar every drug user to be of the down and out type and to be the scum of the earth.
And that is what a lot of people do. Perhaps if they had taken drugs themselves they would know the difference but then they
may have a bad experience and so its not totally a valid point. But I thought I would share my views anyway. I wish i hadnt now
Some people have this opinion because they are directly influenced by propaganda.
One of my friends... his dad said 'Drugs make you gay' an honest quote
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Just for you, so you don't think you're being attacked, and as I'm feeling nice, and generous, I'll repeat what I've already posted in this thread...for the umpteenth time.
Nowhere, not once, ever, have I posted that every illegal drug taker is a 'down-and-out type', or 'scum'.
Nor have I ever said that every 'soft' drug user will go on to take harder drugs.
However, some will, and to me decriminalising recreational drugs would increase those odds, and I don't think as a society that's a chance we should be taking.
I've posted about friends in their sixties, who've had a couple of joints every night for the last forty odd years, as well as friends who've gone clubbing on drugs for decades, neither of whom have gone on to take harder drugs, and who have happy, and rewarding lives.
I've also posted about teenagers I've worked with, who sell themselves to disgusting pigs for a tenner, so they can buy their next wrap of smack. Their pitiful existence led there via soft drugs.
Not all recreational 'soft' drug users will move on to harder drugs.
Some will.
Fact.
It's a risk, if these drugs were decriminalised, that I think would increase, and isn't a gamble I'd like to see taken.
This is the last time I repeat what I've already said regarding my views on this issue.
As they've already been posted in this thread...many times.
Posted along with my scathing opposition, because I see what they've posted as dangerous, to those who've used this thread to extol the joys of taking drugs such as L.S.D., and heroin, amongst other illegal, 'recreational' narcotics.