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Posted 2008-05-14, 08:01 AM
in reply to Willkillforfood's post starting "I'm not saying it makes you a bad..."
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Some would say it's irresponsible to accept laws that are against victimless crimes. I disagree with most drug laws (and some other laws, as well, such as seatbelt laws) because I don't think the government has the right to tell me not to do something unless what I'm doing is hurting someone else. If I'm dealing drugs, yeah, it's no longer a victimless crime. If I'm doing drugs and going driving around, yeah, I'm putting other people's lives in danger. If I'm sitting at home or I'm out in the middle of nowhere camping and I do drugs and don't hurt anyone, I'm doing nothing wrong, in my opinion.
As far as marijuana goes, the only thing that currently makes it bad, in my mind, is the fact that it's illegal and if you're caught you can ruin your future. If the person using marijuana understands and accepts this, I see nothing wrong. I don't think the argument that "it's illegal so you shouldn't do it" really works, though.
However, marijuana debates are old and busted, and I don't really feel like getting into one. You sound basically like you're saying that people who do drugs aren't bad people, they're just irresponsible, because they are potentially messing up their lives. That's not necessarily an invalid argument, but I don't agree with it in all cases. We can just agree to disagree.
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