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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 03:57 PM Original message |
Cocaine: Hidden in Plain Sight |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. All the more reason that the drug war is a fucking waste of time. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. That's cool, until they rob or kill you so they can score. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Ending the drug war and legalizing would solve that problem.. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. It would still cost money and more would be using. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Most things do cost money.. |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. But, but, but, but THESE PEOPLE ARE BREAKING THE LAW! |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The problem is that addiction to coke affects all the people who depend on the addict |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. addictions should be treeted, not punished. |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Should we punish cocaine users because some of them have problems? |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. I don't support punishing addicts at all. My point was that addicts punish others. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. I think the $40 Billion we spend on the drug war AND the billions we spend incarcerating |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. So does addiction to alcohol, which can be extremely detrimental. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Coke isn't even addicting.. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. That's not true - the evidence is overwhelming |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I say that is not true |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. People that advertise like that |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Hmmm, maybe NYPD has higher priorities... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. If general stupidity was a crime, the 58 million people who voted for Bush in 2004 |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. most of the kids around here are on coke, |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yes, despite the US spending $5 billion to eradicate coca plants... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Glyphosate is no longer a weapon in the war on coca |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. All "drug abuse" is NOT created equal. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. In my case, it was a lot more than recreationally |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Heh, you are not alone. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. DARE tells kids that smoking pot is going to get them date raped or make their testicles fall off |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Exactly! Once they find out one thing is a lie... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. The primary focus of the "drug war" is marijuana, anyway. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I can get behind that, but we've got the entire prison industrial complex to conquer. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Oh, yeah, it's a huge gravy train. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Maybe if we bust a few more Paris Hiltons, we can get rid of prohibition once and for all. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. The reason that they go after pot is simple |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I guess I smoked so much in my youth, I permanently altered my brain chemistry. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke-Dylan |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. The definition of a loser-You're holding and you still can't get laid. |
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StudentsMustUniteNow (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. I've always associated cocaine with Republicans and DLCers |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. Just make it legal then they can tax and regulate it. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. What's the penalty for powder cocaine these days? |
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