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In reply to the discussion: We need a more honest conversation about marijuana [View all]Maedhros
(10,007 posts)24. Drug addiction at one time was primarily considered a health problem,
and efforts to combat addiction included rehab and methadone clinics.
Then, during the Carter and Reagan Administrations, a shift occurred the result of which was that drug addiction was now considered a moral failing. Efforts to combat drug addiction became more and more focused on aggressive prosecution, longer jail sentences and social stigmatization: "Don't be User Friendly!"
So, addiction could certainly be medicalized - we had effective programs for this in the past, and numerous countries in Europe approach the problem this way with great success.
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Do you have Lupus? It sucks, the pain, the exhaustion. And the meds don't work, they just make
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2014
#7
we sound like we're trading baseball cards. I've that one, but not that one
NightWatcher
Oct 2014
#14
prohibition is not worth a single life. A previous generation figured that out
loyalsister
Oct 2014
#5
Two plants can be a lot of pot. Done right, one plant is a pound of great stuff.
panader0
Oct 2014
#4
The best part of ending prohibition is that there will be NO "major drug rings"
Maedhros
Oct 2014
#12
I talked to the Oregon campaign today. They said it all depends on turn-out.
Comrade Grumpy
Oct 2014
#35
Damn few things on this planet are completely harmless, that is not the right question to ask. nt
bemildred
Oct 2014
#23
More honest means that we pretend 90 years of reefer madness never happened
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2014
#33
If you can buy all the Tylenol and alcohol you want you should be able to buy all the marijuana you
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2014
#29