Glue is much more available than Cocaine... and more destructive, faster. But, glue is not illegal. Why?
Let me explain my background as far as this topic goes…
I have little.
I’ve tried pot twice – it did nothing fantastic for me. The first time I tried it at 17 yrs old my jackass friend laced it with PCP or some damn thing. I remember being paranoid as FARK thinking that I was dying. I remember my mind running 78 million miles an hour and trying to slow it down so I could think rationally about whether I was really going to die.
I remember feeling and then seeing a flame engulf my leg, then it was cold as ice… then it was on fire again. I remember my friend pulling out his brother’s pistol – and just holding it and talking about it. He had to know I was going through crazy paranoia – but it was his way of showing me what drugs were all about I guess. I guess I should thank his dumb ass as it annihilated whatever idea I had in my young mind about pot being a cool drug of some sort.
The next time I tried it I was 29. I remember thinking, wow – yeah, this feels good. So what? That was my experience with marijuana and other than sharing a friend’s pain medication before a soccer game one time, also at 17 yrs. that is the complete extent of my foray into the world of drugs. But, I’m not anti-drugs at all. Quite the opposite. WHY Are Some Drugs Illegal? For every illegal drug there are probably 10 chemicals or foodstuffs that can be taken to give a similar or more profound effect. Recently I posted at another blog of mine a link to 7 foods that your mother might give you that get you high…
So, WHY are some drugs illegal? A quick Google query shows that most government agencies in the USA and the UK say that drugs are illegal because they are “harmful”. Yes, that is the main crux of their argument. Never mind that knives, hatchets, hand & power-saws, electricity used incorrectly, alcohol, cigarettes, and firecrackers are harmful as all hell. Codeine, caffeine, and other over the counter amphetamines and barbiturates can be harmful.
Virtually ANYTHING in abundance – can be harmful – yes? Hell, you can die drinking too much WATER as we’ve seen happen on the radio morning show that was giving away prizes to anyone that could drink a gallon of water in an hour. (something like that)
In the photo above you see some Thai teens sniffing glue. Jesus hell, how harmful is glue to sniff? Pretty harmful… it destroys the braincells instantly. Quicker than alcohol. Can you buy glue to sniff in any country in the world? Sure. In the USA? Hell ya. UK? Yep. But sniffing glue is harmful.
A 12 year old can’t buy a beer in the store, but he can buy over the counter sleeping pills, stay awake pills, mouthwash with alcohol, whipped cream in a can (nitrous oxide)… glue, paint thinner, paint, gasoline, kerosene, turpentine, or firecrackers that can blow a hand or head off.
I think any government that is going to regulate ANY drug needs to regulate ALL the drugs including alcohol, aspirin, cigarettes, coffee, stay awake pills, sleeping pills & syrups, mouthwash, etc. Otherwise it’s hypocritical and damn stupid. Everyone should have the right to do with their body whatever they want to do with it. Just because we don’t regularly drink gasoline doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be more closely regulated if the government really thinks acid, speed, roofies, downers, crack, and coke should be regulated.
If someone wants to smoke pot everyday of their lives because it relaxes them and gives them a short respite from a life of hell here on earth I’m all for it. Likewise if someone WANTS to smoke PCP, scratch out their eyeballs, eat their toes and throwup a lung – I’m all for that.
Who am I to say what someone does with their own body? Not that I don’t care – it’s tragic in my opinion – but, it’s an opinion I have, I can’t insist that anyone should be able to regulate another person from doing it if they want to. I don’t get how a government thinks it can have this right.
Can anyone enlighten me?
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