(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Now before I start I would like to say this isn't a "legalize weed" thread or "alcohol is horrible". This includes all chemicals, whether it be legal, illegal, synthetic, organic, natural, etc.

Now for the main question.. Does the government have a morally right say in what we can/can't put into our bodies? and is it just?

Voice your opinion.


Now for my input on this question. Personally I believe the government has no right saying what we can/can't put into our body. I believe it's completely immoral for them to do so. The reason for most of bans, illegalizations are for reports of abuse, public view of the substance, and the profit they can make on this. A lot of things which are legal I also disagree with being legal. Now I'm not saying lets do all the drugs we want, obviously they have potential to ruin lives but that is not always the case, but you can abuse anything, and most of legal chemicals are unjust and immoral. A couple examples of this are everyday things like deodorant, cough syrup, prescribed pills, diet soda, and hell even water. Any chemical can be abused, and it can be harmful. Deodorant can cause heart cancer, cough syrup contains a chemical called dextromythorphan hydrobromide which is a dissossiative similar to ketamine, and PCP. acetaminophen the active ingredient in asprin causes as much damage to your liver as 6 months of alcohol binging. (~ 500mg dosage). Diet Soda's fake sugar can cause cancer and heart failure, and you can overdose from drinking too much water. I mean these are threats we face everyday. In just our everyday products! Prescribed pills such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, adderal, lunesta, ambien, etc. are mostly different forms of amphetamines, opiates, opiods, which are btw (heroin, crack, coke, morphine). These are legal and prescribed to kids! They are very addictive and every year cause more overdoses than heroin, meth, and cocaine combined. This is a serious problem, now I have a problem with people using drugs which are addictive like amphetamines but I do believe they have the right to experiment with their own body. This is especially true when it comes to psychedelics such as hallucinogens. They have very low toxicity levels and cause almost physically no harm to the human body. Most of them actually mimic chemicals already made in the brain and which are used in everyday items such as dreaming, meditation, etc. So what about people who "get high and drive?". Well, yeah.. they should get punishments for their actions, it's not smart to be on the wheel and drink and drive but people should have the right to expand their consciousness and experiment with them. After all, what freedom do we really have if we can't explore our own consciousness? We don't have freedom of our own mind so what freedom do we really have at all? This is my intake on all of this, and I didn't really go into that much depth of my thoughts and I'm not trying to persuade you guys, I'm just saying be optimistic, or at least try too.

Post your opinions please, I'd like a good debate going here

Well, I think you are ignorant to how most drugs effect you. Anything that impairs your sensory motors (majority of the time seeing/hearing) is why people are scared of "being high and driving". For example opiates just make you feel really good, and amphetamines keep you focused and filled with energy. Those don't effect your comprehension of being behind the wheel as some hallucinogens such as alcohol, lsd, peyote, shrooms, pcp, marijuana, ketamine, dmt, triptophan, etc. All alter your conscious but they effect you in different ways. Driving under the influence of alcohol is far more worse than being under of the influence of marijuana because of "seeing waviness" (newer users) and "delayed reaction times" where as to weed you just see things brighter with a relaxing body high. Don't get me wrong I'm sure studies prove marijuana has a delayed reaction time but no where near drunken users behind the wheel. Also this isn't a weed debate, I'm talking about all substances in the world. You could have a heart attack on a caffeine high, so... no driving while drinking coffee? Lots of things effect your ability including your emotions, it's kind of wrong to say this causes this or that causes that when it comes to driving.

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But do guns kill people? does call of duty cause children to shoot up schools? do role models shape your sexuality? Now don't get me wrong I agree people should be punished for their actions, but should we really be blaming the substances which cause them? People act very differently on each drug. For example alcohol can causes drunken rage, where to some people are mellow and more social. It effects everyone differently so is it wrong to assume such a thing? Just a thought.

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Alcohol is a drug, it alters your conscious, destroys lives, kills people, makes you do things you didn't want to do... also heroin was created and manufactured by "Bayer" (company that makes aspirin) as a cure to Morphine addiction and also as a cough sedative. Why was it made illegal? Because it was being abused. It's a very strong opiate and involves heart failure risks. Alcohol causes liver damage, abused by many, and is also addictive. I don't see a difference at all, they were both legal and used for medical purposes from time to time. I think it's just your perception that shapes how you view drugs as good or bad. In which most cases are wrong.