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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
What I'm saying is, the federal government already subsidizes and distributes drugs that are more addictive and more harmful than crack and meth, why not give health canada the purview over those drugs as well.
Go to your doctor to get clean, regulated meth, during regular hours, in a regulated government building full of health professionals who can best advise on symptoms, withdrawal and give the necessary psych, prescription and other treatment referrals.
Consistency of supply, cost, location and availability vs. unknown area of origin, ingredients, elevated cost for unknown quality, some ####e dark alley/whorehouse/flophouse/crack den, with unknown future availability.
One of those scenarios breeds excessively larger burdens on society, both in terms of the human cost and, for some people more importantly, the economic cost.
We already know preventative care is dramatically less expensive than showing up at the ER with all sorts of problems, why not apply that to some of the costliest parts of the healthcare system?
Or do we fear our healthcare system so much that we think doctors will start prescribing crack to children?
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Not that I'm arguing with you but there are is a huge issue with prescription drug abuse. Oxy Codin being a prime example of it.
Lets say that you legalize meth through doctors, how long do you think it would take for that to get completely corrupted.
Or a doctor refuses to write a prescription for a patient that's abusing it, where does the patient go? There will be other sources.
Like I said I don't have a problem with something like grass. I have a huge problem with heavy addictive physically and mentally addictive drugs like crack.
Beyond that is a doctor going to really want to prescribe something like Crack or Meth, doesn't that go against his oath of doing no harm?
When we talk about Canada distributing opiates, I think that's a pretty thin argument of moving into recreational drug distribution. Most of the opiates that doctors are prescribing are for pain management not for drugs that are only meant for non necessary recreational or addictive use.
What happens when something like Krocodile hits our shores, and its coming eventually. If doctors won't prescribe it under the legal model, the gangs will certainly start making it and selling it as a cheaper alternative to heroin. Or do you expect doctors to suddenly prescribe a drug that causes your skin to rot off. Do you want doctors to really prescribe meth, because clean or not its incredibly harmful. Of Crack clean or not it causes severe mental issues?
If we legalize grass, govern it, sell it, tax it and turn the revenue over to fighting these horror drugs through education and enforcement we'll be 10x further ahead then we are now.