Comments on: Why We Need the Drug War http://samnitegladiator.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/why-we-need-the-drug-war/ Hence it comes that all armed prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed prophets have been destroyed - Niccolò Machiavelli Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:03:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Revisions - 1.28.2008 « Samnite Gladiator’s Weblog http://samnitegladiator.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/why-we-need-the-drug-war/#comment-18 Revisions - 1.28.2008 « Samnite Gladiator’s Weblog Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:26:06 +0000 http://samnitegladiator.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/why-we-need-the-drug-war/#comment-18 [...] posted a column entitled “Rebuttal”, which was a response to Nick’s comment on another of my columns. Nick left another comment a couple days ago, so this is my new response in this [...] [...] posted a column entitled “Rebuttal”, which was a response to Nick’s comment on another of my columns. Nick left another comment a couple days ago, so this is my new response in this [...]

]]> By: Rebuttal - 1.23.2008 « Samnite Gladiator’s Weblog http://samnitegladiator.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/why-we-need-the-drug-war/#comment-14 Rebuttal - 1.23.2008 « Samnite Gladiator’s Weblog Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:17:46 +0000 http://samnitegladiator.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/why-we-need-the-drug-war/#comment-14 [...] - 1.23.2008   Here is an interesting comment on my column “Why We Need the Drug War”.I rarely leave messages on other people’s blogs. Especially people who like to speak on a [...] [...] - 1.23.2008   Here is an interesting comment on my column “Why We Need the Drug War”.I rarely leave messages on other people’s blogs. Especially people who like to speak on a [...]

]]> By: Nick Cobb http://samnitegladiator.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/why-we-need-the-drug-war/#comment-12 Nick Cobb Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:18:43 +0000 http://samnitegladiator.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/why-we-need-the-drug-war/#comment-12 I rarely leave messages on other people's blogs. Especially people who like to speak on a subject they seem to have no authority to speak on. The ideals of your post could be thwarted by a high school stoner. Lets start with your statement about people robbing and stealing to support a drug habit. If drugs were legalized, and I don't entirely support that, there would be no black market. Drugs would be CHEAP. Do people rob and steal for alcohol? Not generally. Point 1 goes to the drug addict with the missing brain cells. While we are talking about brain cells. Did you know that Alcohol kills more brain cells than pot? Also, did you know that the brain cells destroyed by marijuana rejuvenate? Yep, short-term-memory cells indeed rejuvenate. Those killed by alcohol are gone forever. Point 2 goes too the stoner with no brain cells who victimizes himself on a daily basis. Lastly, the intravenous users you mentioned who spread AIDS and HIV through saliva and mucus. That's fucking hilarious. You couldn't get AIDS from saliva if you drank a bucket of it. Who does your research for you? As for AIDS being a deadly disease, just ask any homosexual you know if he has any friends with AIDS. I guarantee you that none of them are dying. They have the cocktail down now. No one in this country dies from AIDS anymore. Magic Johnson? Tommy Morrison? Oh, and those needles you mentioned that everyone is sharing. If the government used more of its resources to provide needle exchanges for the users and less on incarcerating them, the rate of transfer for infectious disease amongst addicts would drop significantly. I think maybe you ought to just STFU and find a subject you are qualified to blog on. Good day. --Nick (nyates5179@gmail) I rarely leave messages on other people’s blogs. Especially people who like to speak on a subject they seem to have no authority to speak on.

The ideals of your post could be thwarted by a high school stoner. Lets start with your statement about people robbing and stealing to support a drug habit. If drugs were legalized, and I don’t entirely support that, there would be no black market. Drugs would be CHEAP. Do people rob and steal for alcohol? Not generally. Point 1 goes to the drug addict with the missing brain cells.

While we are talking about brain cells. Did you know that Alcohol kills more brain cells than pot? Also, did you know that the brain cells destroyed by marijuana rejuvenate? Yep, short-term-memory cells indeed rejuvenate. Those killed by alcohol are gone forever. Point 2 goes too the stoner with no brain cells who victimizes himself on a daily basis.

Lastly, the intravenous users you mentioned who spread AIDS and HIV through saliva and mucus. That’s fucking hilarious. You couldn’t get AIDS from saliva if you drank a bucket of it. Who does your research for you? As for AIDS being a deadly disease, just ask any homosexual you know if he has any friends with AIDS. I guarantee you that none of them are dying. They have the cocktail down now. No one in this country dies from AIDS anymore. Magic Johnson? Tommy Morrison? Oh, and those needles you mentioned that everyone is sharing. If the government used more of its resources to provide needle exchanges for the users and less on incarcerating them, the rate of transfer for infectious disease amongst addicts would drop significantly. I think maybe you ought to just STFU and find a subject you are qualified to blog on. Good day.

–Nick (nyates5179@gmail)

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