Posted by Scott L. Schofield on January 4, 2000, at 11:08:10
In reply to Re: US Wants Web Drug Regulation, posted by Adam on January 3, 2000, at 17:28:28
> > Personally, I'm for legalization of everything. I'm tired of people telling me what I can and CAN'T have.
I like to ask questions.
> The reality of supply and demand essentially compels us to take a different approach to the drug "problem" than what we have used in the past.Can you describe briefly this reality? What does “essentially” mean? I’m glad that the use of this word still allows room for having motivations and targets other than supply-and-demand to be deemed compelling. I agree with the surmise that we probably need to change our strategy to deal with the use and availability of the types of drugs being discussed here. However, I don’t agree that it is simply the “reality” of supply-and-demand that should be taken into consideration when developing different approaches to address what I feel is a *true* problem. Something as simple as putting up more streetlights in problem urban areas could help. (I really don’t want to debate the efficacy of different strategies).
> I think most if not all "drugs" should be legal, but I would hate to see unfettered drug distribution.
Of course, no black-market would develop for those drugs that are to be fettered. :)> If people want it bad enough, they'll get it, and there will always be someone willing to break the law to make a profit off of this demand. Since such commerce is unstoppable, why bother trying to stop it?
Could you please direct me to some of the sources you found that detail the reasons why this type of commerce is unstoppable?
Thanks.
> Enough useless moralism about chemicals.
Useless?
I try not to be “bipolar” in my way of thinking. My brain is bipolar enough as it is. To legalize everything represents an all-or-nothing approach that seems to be situated at one end of a spectrum, just as controlling everything would be at the other. “Reality” seems to be anything but bipolar or black-and-white - at least to me. Sometimes a simplistic approach such as all-or-nothing cannot serve well to deal with a complicated problem. Both society and the individuals who comprise it exist as layers of interacting levels of organization. I think the intricacies of these relationships often require approaches of commensurate complexity.
- Scott
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