Amykins's blog: "Amy's Rants"

I just wanted to share a discussion board posting from my online class. The class is Alcohol and Drug Abuse Seminar. It has undergraduate and graduate students in it. But sometimes I feel like I'm discussing things with middle schoolers because their spelling, grammar, and intelligence are all lacking. I feel like maybe I worded my response wrong, but I'm so sick of close minded f*ckers.

The discussion topic is: Should drugs be decriminalized or legalized? Cite examples of drugs that could be decriminalized and some that are now illegal that should be legal. Why did you choose the ones you chose?

This was a student's response to another student: That is a very good point that those who do drugs often are the ones supporting their legalization. Any person I have ever known who supports legalizing for example marijuana, has been known to partake of it. Legalizing many drugs would flood the market with them and cause an avalanche of legal and health issues that would be impossible for us to handle.

And this is my response: Well now you can say you know someone who does not partake in marijuana that supports the decriminalization or legalization of it. I have never used marijuana and I've read and re-read the chapter as well as done my own research and I support at least the decriminalization of marijuana. I point you to page 79 and the very first sentence: "Under this law, drug users are punished more stringently than rapists or robbers." To me, this is disgusting. Someone using marijuana, not harming anyone but themselves (because they chose to use the substance) will sit in prison longer than someone who rapes an innocent person. Something seems wrong with this picture.

I wish people would actually read their textbook, gain some new insights, do their own research then make an intelligent decision. Nothing that they are spouting off is found in research, it's all stuff they made up. Think outside the box people and don't be so damn close minded.