“If the words 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on.” Terence McKenna

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[–]Chipit 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

Look, addictive drugs were banned in the first place because they rob you of you free will. The same free will that the Constitution was founded to create.

You don't like it, move to Portugal. You can shoot up all you want there.

[–]magnora7 7 insightful - 6 fun7 insightful - 5 fun8 insightful - 6 fun -  (2 children)

Yes that's why China banned opium too.

Yet now opium is so over-prescribed in the US to the point it's been classified a health epidemic.

So if you're looking to US law as your moral guide, then you're not really paying attention to what's going on.

Also this guy is talking about psychedelics, not heroin. Most psychedelics have anti-addictive properties, and in fact can help people overcome existing addictions to alcohol and smoking cigarettes, both of which are far more harmful to use on a regular basis, than to use a psychedelic once.

The land of the free, huh?

[–]taylor 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Alcohol is actually even more harmful than heroin or meth, when taking into account harm caused to both the user and family.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101101162138.htm

[–]AnarchySpeach 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I've had the same thought. Banning Alcohol completely (as we have tried once before) didn't work out. While dangerous, it's not exactly on the same level as heroin or meth.

One possible solution would be the Punch Card method. You're over 21, get a special mark or symbol on your licence, they run it through a computer that tells them how many drinks you have left. Once a month the number resets. Normal people won't notice a difference. Alcoholics will be in a panic after they can't get wasted every day.

A childish idea, maybe, but I think it would help slow down the rampant alcohol addiction that's slowly rising in the country.