Hmm..this is probably the most common outlook most people have. The problem here has nothing to do with drugs or laws that are enforced at all, but the control government has over the common people which causes this to happen. So let's be honest, shall we? No one asked to be here. No one asked to obey or disobey laws set by our ancestors. Yet we are subjected to them much in the manner of a slave. Freedom, which this wretched country of America boasts, is not controlled. Freedom is the ability to make one's own conscious choices without the fear of punishment. And absolutely nothing governs the conscious mind but the OWNER of THAT mind. I'm not downing government as a whole; anarchy is equivalent to chaos. Hell, I don't even care if I'm a slave. But it is pure hypocritical behavior to label this country as "free" when it simply does not exist. Kick me when I'm down if you want, as you have, but do NOT put a veil of deception over my strife, which I suffer for this very damned country. What bothers me even further is that some, or maybe even many, drugs are not nearly as hazardous as what is readily available to the consumer. Christ, for roughly thirty years now the population has been aware that cigarettes are hazardous to our health. Obviously drugs are illegal for this reason, among a few others that can ALSO be found in readily available, marketted products. So WTF is going on? Is it that the government is too busy enjoying a smoke between amendments to the constitution to change the laws? I, personally, don't care how they decide my fate. But it would be nice if they could get it straight themselves.
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Hmm..this is probably the most common outlook most people have. The problem here has nothing to do with drugs or laws that are enforced at all, but the control government has over the common people which causes this to happen. So let's be honest, shall we? No one asked to be here. No one asked to obey or disobey laws set by our ancestors. Yet we are subjected to them much in the manner of a slave. Freedom, which this wretched country of America boasts, is not controlled. Freedom is the ability to make one's own conscious choices without the fear of punishment. And absolutely nothing governs the conscious mind but the OWNER of THAT mind. I'm not downing government as a whole; anarchy is equivalent to chaos. Hell, I don't even care if I'm a slave. But it is pure hypocritical behavior to label this country as "free" when it simply does not exist. Kick me when I'm down if you want, as you have, but do NOT put a veil of deception over my strife, which I suffer for this very damned country. What bothers me even further is that some, or maybe even many, drugs are not nearly as hazardous as what is readily available to the consumer. Christ, for roughly thirty years now the population has been aware that cigarettes are hazardous to our health. Obviously drugs are illegal for this reason, among a few others that can ALSO be found in readily available, marketted products. So WTF is going on? Is it that the government is too busy enjoying a smoke between amendments to the constitution to change the laws? I, personally, don't care how they decide my fate. But it would be nice if they could get it straight themselves.