Very depressing story (baby found dead after mom overdosed)

[RickN]

Well, drug laws sure stopped this tragedy, didn't it?

No but how many other thousands have they stopped?

 

[TedKennedy]

No but how many other thousands have they stopped?

Probably a number equal to the gun deaths prevented by gun control laws.

 

[RickN]

Probably a number equal to the gun deaths prevented by gun control laws.

Probably many times more. I do not know many drug users with a working brain, but I know most gun owners have them.

Personally I am all in favor of legalizing all drugs. As long as taxpayers do not have to pay for their medical needs when they OD, etc. This goes for booze too.

 

[TedKennedy]

Probably many times more. I do not know many drug users with a working brain, but I know most gun owners have them.

Personally I am all in favor of legalizing all drugs. As long as taxpayers do not have to pay for their medical needs when they OD, etc. This goes for booze too.

Hell I know of a young guy that was genius level smart, yet got hooked on dope while in college. Even at his worst, that guy was brighter than most of my employees.

And having been around the general public/new gun owners more than most folks, I can tell you plenty of them have as much business operating a firearm as Betty White has flying a plane.

100% agree on the taxpayers not funding the druggies, as well as not funding WIC or any of that. Stop investing in bad behavior!

 

[Profreedomokie]

If the government would put as much effort in the "War On Drugs" as they do the war on our gun rights, then maybe less of these sad events wouldn't happen.

 

[TedKennedy]

If the government would put as much effort in the "War On Drugs" as they do the war on our gun rights, then maybe less of these sad events wouldn't happen.

As long as there's a market, someone will provide. Legalize it all, let Darwin sort it out.

 

[DavidMcmillan]

You mean like this mother helped sort out which child should live and which should die?

 

[TedKennedy]

You mean like this mother helped sort out which child should live and which should die?

Exactly.

Nature isn't kind, but it's quite efficient.

 

[THAT Gurl]

Oh man ...

What a waste. Sometimes these stories make me confused. Sometimes they make me angry. Sometimes they break my heart. How bad do you have to feel to chose drugs (or alcohol ... Or men ... Or anything else in the world??) over your kids??

 

[trekrok]

As long as there's a market, someone will provide. Legalize it all, let Darwin sort it out.

I could get to the legalization of it all, but we don't have the stomach for the other side of the equation (the Darwin sort). Do you think there would be more users if legal? I'd be more inclined to think that we'd just see more ODs of existing users, assuming cheaper and easier availability.