Arkham Noir
With black birds following me
I was watching the news last night and they were dicussing new tactics that the canadian goverment is taking to try and lead kids away from drugs.Specifically, television ads that were targeted at teenagers to discourage recreational drug use.That got me thinking about why drugs are illegal in the first place.Like most issues I see , I like to play devil's as a means of understanding different people's feelings on things.So I asked myself, why are recreational drugs against the law?
For those for it being illegal, it is easy to see the thought process; Highly addictive, very damaging to the human body, hinders most human functions, and can easily ruin a person's life.However, isn't everything in life about choices? If people are well educated on the negative affects, shouldn't it be an individuals choice to decide if he/she wants to partake in drug use? Every person should be held accountable for their actions. So if they don't care about the consequences, shouldn't they have the right to make the decision for themselves?
Laws are dictated by the general opinion of the public, but is making something illegal over people's feelings logical? It is that kind of thought that results in abortion being illegal and gay couples unable to marry;Just because people feel uncomfortable with something or don't agree with it it should be aginst the law. But by the same token, what if tommorow the world suddenly decided that they didn't mind killing anymore and voted for murder to be legal. Does that make it anymore right? Of course not.
I know I got a little of topic there, but what do you think; Should the use of recreational drugs be a crime? Should people's simple opinions influence something's legality?
My opinion : With everything being said, I still believe that drugs should be illegal. The negatives far out-weigh any positives and I've seen far too many people fuck up their lives over this garbage to ever even consider it acceptable. All it takes is one moment of bad judgement and you can be screwed for years, even for the rest of your life.
For those for it being illegal, it is easy to see the thought process; Highly addictive, very damaging to the human body, hinders most human functions, and can easily ruin a person's life.However, isn't everything in life about choices? If people are well educated on the negative affects, shouldn't it be an individuals choice to decide if he/she wants to partake in drug use? Every person should be held accountable for their actions. So if they don't care about the consequences, shouldn't they have the right to make the decision for themselves?
Laws are dictated by the general opinion of the public, but is making something illegal over people's feelings logical? It is that kind of thought that results in abortion being illegal and gay couples unable to marry;Just because people feel uncomfortable with something or don't agree with it it should be aginst the law. But by the same token, what if tommorow the world suddenly decided that they didn't mind killing anymore and voted for murder to be legal. Does that make it anymore right? Of course not.
I know I got a little of topic there, but what do you think; Should the use of recreational drugs be a crime? Should people's simple opinions influence something's legality?
My opinion : With everything being said, I still believe that drugs should be illegal. The negatives far out-weigh any positives and I've seen far too many people fuck up their lives over this garbage to ever even consider it acceptable. All it takes is one moment of bad judgement and you can be screwed for years, even for the rest of your life.