I am the deevil, 200%



r e b u t t a l , p a r t t w o
legalize ALL drugs? no!
by Morbus

This is the final article of a two part series. If you haven't read the first one, then you're not getting the full gist of the piece. Oh yeah, seems you people had a lot to say about the first article. Since you said much of it better than I could re-explain it, readers should go to the previous issue on the website and take a gander at some of your comments (great time to re-skim the first article too).

So, what did we start off with? In a nutshell, an article written by an unknown assailant detailing eight reasons why all drugs should be legalized. He first dealt with four misconceptions about legalizing 'em.

The first of the final four arguments for legalizing drugs begins with "Drugs would boost our economy". Perhaps true. It is "an already HUGE industry". Yet, take for example, the incredibly innocent casino's and gambling. Gambling is not a drug, nor a physical trait that one can latch on to. And hey, gambling is harmless! I can dummy up gambling into just as many happy traits as our writer dummies his beloved drugs into.

But, the truth of the matter is that gambling and casino's, as innocent and economy friendly as they are, also bring addiction, crime, and violence. Drugs have brought addiction. Drugs have brought crime. Drugs have brought violence. Gambling and casino's have been known to rip a town apart (if you believe all those hometown stories), just as drugs have been known to rip families apart (see aforementioned "if").

"More than likely their would the the same rules as applies to cigarettes" [sic]. He gives some examples, although he doesn't think you should be 21 to buy it. Well, sure! Let's be selfish and force you to be 16 before you can buy the damn things! We'll have more and more kids coming to school legally stoned, legally red-eyed ("piiiink eye!"), legally "not-listening-to-you". Sure, they could impose a law: "No drugs in school". Uh huh, just like there are no candy, drinks or sleeping rules in most classes also.

Let's get silly and imagine a world where you can get "happy" all the time... during your job, your school, your baby sitting favor. It'll be a family event to sit around your TV and enjoy a rolled one with Bubba. Yeah, I know this is a twisted view, and probably far enough from the truth than any of us care to admit. Without a self-imposed maturity guideline (like 21), however, we can expect to see some things go down the shitter.

Reason number two (or six, depending on how you look at it): "More accuret [sic] medical records and faster treatment" He (or she) examples of a person hesitating to tell the truth to a questioning doctor because of the repercussions from the police. With legalized drugs, he continues, you can get your friend back into shape quicker, because you don't have to worry about the law.

Well, my friends... there are some things wrong with that train of thought. First being the whole issue of legality. As I had mentioned in part one of this series, and as becomes more apparent now, the writer seems to think that since HE doesn't think drugs should be illegal, they aren't. His example, briefly, is of an overdosed coke user in a hospital, and a cop asking where the coke came from. And painting a grim reality of cops: "Come with me. (Not giving the slightest shit about the events that just transpired)".

Welp, you broke the law buddy. The officer is doing his job. Say, you had a bad day with your girlfriend. You're pissed. You come to work pissed. Theoretically, you're supposed to leave your problems at the door. You won't get an easy task or a little "sympathy time in the break room" because you had a tissy. They may say "oh, that's too bad", but then they'll turn their back and forget about it. It's not compassionate, but then again, it doesn't have to be.

Murdering someone everybody hates doesn't make it right. And, you won't be "off the hook" just because you're grieving.

You know, personally, I could care less if drugs were legal or not. Either way, I wouldn't take a drug, nor would I want to be in the same room with someone who is. Likewise, I don't make the laws, nor do I enforce them. I reiterate them. I'm all for going around and randomly killing people, but it is illegal nonetheless. I know that if I kill someone (and they catch me), I will go to jail. Realize that.

And, although the sculpture the writer builds is remotely true (drugs are less harmful to the body than alcohol), his example proves that there is still more danger than one cares to admit. You can overdose on drugs and be sent to the hospital. You can get coke laced with detergent. You can spend all your money on weed, only to find it's something else (hey! at least when you buy alcohol, you know what you're getting... uh... ok... bad example).

Third point: "we would be one step closer to personal freedom". Basically true. While we're at it, let's make all laws irrelevant. Run down the streets yelling "Anarchy!", breaking windows, and killing cops. It's what you have always wanted. Just remember to spray "Devil Shat Said So" everywhere. We might as well get something good out of this... because "not have[ing] the choice of what goes into your own body is just one more step towards being a government pet."

Ruff.

And the fourth and final point? "The drug war isn't working anyway". Well, what a piss poor attitude! Did you give up on that Lego creation of yours just because you couldn't find the redfourdimple brick? In a society where achieving your goals is often more paramount and more rewarded than being compassionate to your fellow man, giving up on the drug war just because it isn't working is strictly Un-American. But, of course, with America being so "free", the drug war is pretty Un-American too.

Our writer goes on to give some alternatives for a new view on drugs: "allowing regulation for a better means of control" (never works), "limit people's intake to twice a week or whatever, so that they don't become addicts" (wouldn't work as we would merely replace the current drug trade with another designed to circumvent the limitation), or "get some research done to make drugs a lot less addictive" (kinda like a home-remedy for a hang-over).

Or hey, how about "give a test of knowledge... to show if someone actualy knows what's going into their body, in order for them to obtain a lisence" [sic]. Oh yeah! That will work. We have people passing the driving test and still being an idiot on the road, people who listen to sex education in class, laugh it off and go out and have weirdo kids and warty crotches. Education, although wonderfully intelligent, is not going to make anyone smarter when it comes to damaging substances. Hell, cigarettes do more noticeably bad things to your body than drugs do, yet for all our education, they still remain prominent within our society.

This series of articles has changed nothing in many people's opinions. In as much as Jerry's Final Thought can make someone sway one way or another, the truth is that by merely arguing points, we accomplish nothing but mental exercise. And perhaps that is what Devil Shat is intended... to raise reactions within people, to make them think, or even to make them wonder how much of an nuthead that Morbus guy can be.

Either way, nothing has been solved. And perhaps that is for the best.




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98-Sep-02
ths@home.com

I don't think there can be a definitive right or wrong on the issue. it pisses me off thinking of all the money that is spent on rehabilitating all these people who feel they need to drink or smoke themselves to death. drunk drivers should be shot imho. if drugs were legal, then we'ld have way more people cloggin up our hospitals, courts, social services.....

people do dumb things when they are drunk, and society as a whole has to clean it up. the same thing with drugs. If they were legalized, there would be more crap to clean up.

no thank you.

of course, i have experimented somewhat with drugs, and don't think of myself as a criminal. i get equally pissed off thinking of how many people go to jail for possesion. sure, there are some bad asses that go to jail for it, but a lot of first time offenders are getting thrown into jail for possessing substances no more harmfull than alcohol. is it cheaper to send someone to jail for a year or two than to have then smoking up?

i think the real issue is why on earth alcohol is legal, even though it causes untold harm in our society. the positive apsect of legalized alcohol is beyond my grasp..... i guess it just goes to show SEAGRAMS secretly owns the world...


98-Aug-26
wiszd@marotz.com

You list many points as to why drugs should not be legalized, but your basic foundation is that it is against the law. There's no such thing as bad laws? Or laws that are misguided? In most states, it is illegal to perform sodomy. Using your logic, every single man, women and child (of age hopefully) in this country would have to be rounded up. I know we could go back and forth with examples like this, but my point is that just because something is law does not mean that it can't be questioned. You cannot back up your theory as to why something is right or wrong simply by stating, "It's against the law".

My own personal view of drug legalization is that some should be legalized, and some should defintely not. The two I think should be are heroin and pot. Heroin because junkies are going to do it anyway, they just won't have to commit robberies to obtain the money. (Apparently, something like 40% of robberies in New York City are to pay for heroin.) We would also cut down on the spread of AIDS through intravenous drug use. Progressive countries in Europe are already having positive results with regulated heroin distribution. As for pot... all I can say is that I think it is appalling that alcohol is the societally acceptable drug and you can't blaze a joint. Ever hear of two guys fighting in a bar, driving under the influence, KILLING someone while under the influence of weed?


98-Aug-13
Steve4774@aol.com

The real issue is, that no matter what we do to keep drugs out of our society, they are always going to be here. Nothing will change, the world will continue to get worse, and we will eventually destroy ourselves. So, therefore, why not just embrace drugs and make them legal?

Think of it. In a world full of legalized drugs, there will be more death and violence. Can anyone guess why this is good? That is right, population control! The bad people will be killing the bad people to get drugs. 1 bad + 1 bad = 2 dead bad.

Now, I know what one will say, "You sicko! What about the innocent people that get caught in the middle!?!" Well, I say if they were in a place that was bad in the first place it is their own damn fault!

I know my views are VERY harsh, but hey, they are true because this is just what society is doing to itself. Screwing up! Sign up, it is a lot of fun!


98-Aug-07
mckibbin@dragnet.com.au

USE and ABUSE!

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Devil Shat Thirty Three was released on 08/13/98. Last updated: 09/10/98.