Quote Originally Posted by thegodfather View Post
ALL OF THE RECREATIONAL DRUGS COMBINED still does not kill as many people as cigarettes do a year, or alcohol. The dangers are overstated with recreational drugs just as it is with steroids.

Then we are sure to hear from someone in this thread that talks about the things that "drugs make people do." Ok, that is such a flawed argument I dont know where to begin. People make the CONCIOUS DECISION to take drugs, and any of their actions resulting from being under the influence, they are still accountable for, and no one and no substance MADE them do anything.
Cigarettes aren't one of the primary reasons for the spread of AIDS. Aside from that, if all drugs were declared legal, you better believe the amount of deaths from ODs would overtake the deaths from alcohol or cigarettes within a few years (actually, drug overdoses are already responsible for a higher death rate than alcohol).

Just because people make a conscious decision to take drugs doesn't mean the effects of those drugs has no effect on their judgment. Someone can smoke crack once out of their own own decision and smoke it every day until he dies because his decision is now impaired. There is a reason drugs like Edited. Read the board rules. No rec drug posts. are illegal. And no, the reason isn't because the government is trying to push it's outrageous moral standards on you, its because the use of hard drugs on a large scale would result in a ridiculous amount of death, deformed children, and crime.