HGUNHNTR said:An important distinction between gun use and drug use regardless of legality is the fact that guns do not alter your mental state, drugs most certainly do.
An important distinction between gun use and drug use regardless of legality is the fact that guns do not alter your mental state, drugs most certainly do.
Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, according to a new study.
British experts evaluated substances including alcohol, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and marijuana, ranking them based on how destructive they are to the individual who takes them and to society as a whole.
Researchers analyzed how addictive a drug is and how it harms the human body, in addition to other criteria like environmental damage caused by the drug, its role in breaking up families and its economic costs, such as health care, social services, and prison.
Heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamines, or crystal meth, were the most lethal to individuals. When considering their wider social effects and harm to others, alcohol, heroin and crack cocaine were the deadliest. But overall, alcohol outranked all other substances, followed by heroin and crack cocaine. Marijuana, ecstasy and LSD scored far lower.
...I can drive down the street with a gun in my hand, or drive down the street smoking cocaine and the possibilities that arise from the presence of each variable vary greatly.
Nope, not true, I wasn't being sarcastic. I'm serious. You presented a very sound argument and presented it in a way in which I had never viewed recreational drug use. While I would never condone it, I agree with you that as long as you aren't endagering another human being (even indirectly) then have at it.The implicit assumption in your statement regarding reasonable ways to use narcotics is that since there is no reasonable way,
"Common sense" is a feel-good phrase that has no real meaning, but it is hard to attack because it is so ambiguous.
Everyone knows that a shotgun with a 18 inch barrel is great for hunting, but a shotgun with a 17 inch barrel is only good for sticking up the corner liquor store.