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[scotty12347]

if alcohol is legal i cant see why marijuana (sp?) and ecstasy shouldnt be either, both have been proven to be far safer vices than tobacco or alcohol, theres no addiction level to ecstasy, im not sure about pot on that?

If it was realistic for the government to make it legal and tax sales of it, it would still be "morally wrong" to the majority of people, who have been scaremongered into believing that all drugs are evil, yet smoking as much as you want and getting completely paraletic from alcohol is an almost expected recreational pastime.

I wonder how many posters on Daves would try ecstasy if it was legal?

To me, the more sensible option than just keeping alcohol and tobacco is to ban them all.

[UrbanStyle]

because they are brought up not to see them that way.

[Captain Corea]

[Steelrails]

Between the 'Cigarettes should be banned' crowd and the 'Pot is just like Cigs' crowd and the 'Cigs, caffeine, and Tylenol are drugs' semantics crowd I think I need a drink.

Alcohol and Cigs and Caffeine and Tylenol aren't drugs. They're whatever. Pot's a drug. Crack is a drug.

No, Korea's problems would not be solved by everyone taking hits from the bong. That strategy hasn't exactly panned out in our trailer parks and ghettos. The more I get away from past lifestyle choices the more I realize the only stoners I can now stand are the ones who could care less if pot is legal or not.

As for the ban cigs crowd go over to the cig thread for my reasons on the illogic of this strain of thought.

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=168401&start=15

I don't consider alcohol and caffeine and cigarettes drugs. I don't know why. There is no scientific basis for my reason. They just aren't. Pot and alcohol are not the same. I don't care if one causes more deaths than the other. Just accept that this the way humans the world over view drugs and other substances.

I like Korea because alcohol and cigs are normal things with the necessary warning labels attached. They are cheap too. I like how Korean people here know what drugs are and what a drugstore is and how they both fit the normal definition and no one plays silly semantic games in an attempt to push some sort of agenda.

And yes Pot should be legal in America, probably, but not in Korea. It just doesn't mash well. That's fine with me. Define self-absorbed 1st worlder- one who's big concern for human rights is their right to smoke a blunt before coming into work.

[orosee]

^^^ Nice!

[djsmnc]

It's true, anti-smoking movements have dubious reasoning and don't carry much weight.

[DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP]

1. You can make tons of tax money on booze and smokes

2. Workers can function using these drugs, well smokes at least

3. Lets get the same % of people in the world that smoke and drink to try switching to crack or lsd every day for just two weeks and sit in wonder as we watch the social collpase and disintergration of civilisation as we know it

[crossmr]

1. You can make tax money off anything
2. Depends on the worker. Some need frequent smoke breaks depending on how heavy a smoker they are. The smell often alienates coworkers, could sour business deals, and if someone doesn't get their smoke, they suffer withdrawal which can create unpleasant working environments.
3. I don't think anyone suggested that.

[DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP]

The point is mrcross, in case it wasn't obvious is that whilst booze and cigs are bad for health and addictive, they are the lesser of the other evils out there. And Koreans do know that they are drugs people.

[crossmr]

So why have the evil at all?
That's like saying curb stomping is okay because at least you didn't shoot him.

[DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP]

[crossmr]

Drinking has at least been shown to have health benefits in relation to certain diseases. Smoking none. Someone who smokes stands out like a sore thumb. there is little they can do to hide it. Banning cigarettes outright would curb it to the fringes of society. You'd never stop it 100%, just like you can't stop anything 100%, but just because you can't doesn't mean you should allow its use.

[DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP]

[crossmr]

[Underwaterbob]