drugs.
this is where you get into the recreational chemistry part.
a breif history lesson, kids. since the dawn of man we have used various forms of drugs to help find a spiritual path. be it the native americans and peote, or what have you. only in recent times have we crossed over into the abusive side of it.
cocaine heroine crack, down to pot and alchohol. it is all used for recreational purposes. the first three, they can kill. period. not saying i'm against them but the use of these substances is just not for me. alchohol, if taken in moderation, can actually have a good impact on your life, and is a healthy thing. marijuana, the findings on this have been buried for years.
(yes, this is going to turn into a pro-pot-leagalization rant.)
not only has it been used to help with glaucoma, but it has helped cancer patients, aids paitients, alzheimers, insomnia (um, i wouldn't know, really.), the list goes on.
th point is that drugs are used as an excuse to keep prisons full, and subvert the poor. keeping cities and poor neighborhoods suppleid with narcotics and getting the inhabitants addicted so as to keep the crime rates up, get the people deperate for more and more powerful drugs, and keep the economy going.
now if these same drugs were leagalized, around 65-70% of the prison population would be gone. the national defecite would be erased. more jobs would be created. and crime rates would go down. simple plan isn't it?
then why don't we see it happening? why are addicts depicted as poor urban trash? most drug users now aren't even in the inner cities, the're in the suburbs and professional feilds more now than they have ever been.
makes you wonder doesn't it?
this argument could go on forever on both sides. but at least when and if they leagalize weed, i'm becoming a farmer!!!!