The other day, I got into an intellectual debate at the local coffee shop with someone who was for decriminalizing all illegal drugs, regardless of types.
He spoke about cocaine, meth, weed, and others.
I had to completely disagree with him, because I see too many problems down the road.
One thing I see with universal type health care is that if we are to afford everyone government health services, then we will have to begin to tell people what they can and cannot put into their bodies.
Right now, we are in essence telling people not to drink sodas or smoke by way of increased taxes on these products, this is only a start and a slippery slope.
If we take that concept further, then one has to ask how on Earth anyone could justify decriminalizing illegal drugs.
Let's discuss this shall we? There was a rather chilling article on the MSNBC News on September 1, 2013 titled; "Who is Molly? Dangerous drug gaining popularity with new name," by Simon Moya-Smith, NBC News, which stated: "The deaths of two young adults and the hospitalization of four others this weekend following a massive electronic music festival in New York City - which was subsequently shut down by city officials - has reignited fears over the club drug MDMA, nicknamed "Molly," which is the suspected cause of the deaths.
And while the drug, a purer, powdered form of Ecstasy chemically known as methylenedioxymethamphetamine, around for decades, lately surged in popularity with college students.
" Okay so, it hardly matters what they are calling it, this stuff is bad news, and there are many slang terms being used for it, sometimes the names of popular entertainers.
The younger generation never stops trying to seek a way to an altered state - the health risks to such drugs is something we Cannot Afford if the overall population is to pay for everyone's health care, we cannot afford to replace heart valves at age 30 or deal with all the health complications such things create.
If kids use meth, they will cause terrible health issues, and long about their middle 30s they are going have serious ailments which will exaserbate our health care system - plus, it isn't very fair to those who've done everything right who have to bare the tax burden, or find shortages when they need some health care services.
My acquaintance, who loves freedom and liberty wants to legalize drugs, but he also wants free health care - I say - we can't have both.
What are your thoughts on this? Please consider it.
He spoke about cocaine, meth, weed, and others.
I had to completely disagree with him, because I see too many problems down the road.
One thing I see with universal type health care is that if we are to afford everyone government health services, then we will have to begin to tell people what they can and cannot put into their bodies.
Right now, we are in essence telling people not to drink sodas or smoke by way of increased taxes on these products, this is only a start and a slippery slope.
If we take that concept further, then one has to ask how on Earth anyone could justify decriminalizing illegal drugs.
Let's discuss this shall we? There was a rather chilling article on the MSNBC News on September 1, 2013 titled; "Who is Molly? Dangerous drug gaining popularity with new name," by Simon Moya-Smith, NBC News, which stated: "The deaths of two young adults and the hospitalization of four others this weekend following a massive electronic music festival in New York City - which was subsequently shut down by city officials - has reignited fears over the club drug MDMA, nicknamed "Molly," which is the suspected cause of the deaths.
And while the drug, a purer, powdered form of Ecstasy chemically known as methylenedioxymethamphetamine, around for decades, lately surged in popularity with college students.
" Okay so, it hardly matters what they are calling it, this stuff is bad news, and there are many slang terms being used for it, sometimes the names of popular entertainers.
The younger generation never stops trying to seek a way to an altered state - the health risks to such drugs is something we Cannot Afford if the overall population is to pay for everyone's health care, we cannot afford to replace heart valves at age 30 or deal with all the health complications such things create.
If kids use meth, they will cause terrible health issues, and long about their middle 30s they are going have serious ailments which will exaserbate our health care system - plus, it isn't very fair to those who've done everything right who have to bare the tax burden, or find shortages when they need some health care services.
My acquaintance, who loves freedom and liberty wants to legalize drugs, but he also wants free health care - I say - we can't have both.
What are your thoughts on this? Please consider it.
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