Police Chief Arrested, Jailed for Running a Meth Distribution Ring

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I agree that we need to legalize all drugs. I can't really see meth being any worse or more dangerous than cocaine, as the article suggests, especially if legality ensured they were both unadulterated. Sure, it's synthetic, but it is also a well established medication, as is forms of cocaine. I'd put them in an extremely similar boat.

Reckless and excessive use can be dangerous, damaging, and addictive....just like Coca-cola, Pepsi, Red-bull, sugar, salt, trans-fat, etc. It just doesn't make sense legally or Constitutionally to nanny-state people based on danger, especially with the hypocrisy on other forms of danger.

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I can't really see meth being any worse or more dangerous than cocaine, as the article suggests

If people really thought that they wouldn't cavalierly prescribe it to every 8 year old with ADHD. With controlled quality and dosing it isn't particularly dangerous, although I disagree with drugging kids as a solution to behavioral issues at school. There is very little chemical difference between methamphetamine and dextroamphetamine

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“Meth is the leading killer among drug-related deaths in Oklahoma,” OBN Director Donnie Anderson said in the release.

Bullshit, but a lot of late-stage addicts probably wish meth did kill you

These small municipal police departments are such a drag on soyciety. I always gravitate to unincorporated areas when looking for a home.

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That does seem to be bullshit.

Prescription opioids are the most common class of drugs involved in overdose deaths in Oklahoma being present in 85% of those deaths. In fact, more overdose deaths involve prescription opioids than all illicit drugs combined.

https://oklahoma.gov/health/prevention-and-preparedness/injury-prevention-service/drug-overdose.html

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Just goes to show you have full of crap "the experts" are...

I grew up at the height of the drug human rights crisis (remember that witch Ronald Reagan used to run around with?) and we were told some real whoppers. My favorite was a story shared by a retired cop. It was about a girl who'd unintentionally eaten some PCP that someone had put into a saltshaker at the Astrodome. Later, at home, she ripped her entire epidermis off.

Now, if there are two things I always do, #1 is to take my drugs and hide them in unexpected places where they'll brighten someone else's day, and #2 is to thoroughly salt my food when at a large stadium event. I distinctly recall eating an undersalted pretzel at a Mott the Hoople concert once, and I vowed never to repeat that mistake.

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Chitwood’s arrest should serve as a red flag that the war on drugs has failed. Government should use this as an opportunity to learn that meth is a function of the war on drugs.

Pretty sure meth and other hard drugs are “functions” of people wanting to get really really high. Legalize meth and you remove the social/legal implications of using, which will make “trying it” a much less difficult decision. You’ll end up with even more junkies destroying their lives and the lives of their friends and families and pets and generally just being complete leeches dragging down society. The only things gained from legalizing hard drugs are tax money and interest payments on maxed out credit cards.