Should hard narcotics be legalized?

Negoba wrote: Just curious Pat, do you think non-psychoactive medication should be unrestricted. Such as cardiac medicine that is great for ailing hearts with correct monitoring but can kill if incorrectly used? Guys like me would just give suggestions for use rather than prescriptions?

Well unrestricted is a vague term. If you mean unrestricted by any sort of government mandate then yes. Professional and industrial means of restricting the sale, I have no objection to that. I think that some drugs should be more freely available. Some should probably remain a little more rigidly kept.

Negoba wrote: Well that's the hard part. When does a semi-private body (like the American Medical Association) get just as bad as "government" when they are handed the keys to regulation. I certainly think that a group of pharmacists and doctors would be better at choosing rules about medicine than businessmen and lawyers, but there are alot of conflicts of interest that could muddy that system too.

I didn't say allow the AMA, which is nothing more than a cartel, to control the supply. Each individual firm producing it would control the supply. However, firms often band together and set certain industry standards. I don't mean establishing a quasi-governmental body embedded in a private organization.

It is doomed to failure for certain things, but only if you have a conception of certain things that you want regulated in a certain way. I don't see a need for much regulation at all obviously. Without a government, bands of firms don't really ever become quasi-government in the way I mean the word.

EDIT: Are you a doctor or just in the research end of medicine? I've always assumed the latter.


Edited by Equality 7-2521 - January 21 2011 at 13:06

Equality 7-2521 wrote: It is doomed to failure for certain things, but only if you have a conception of certain things that you want regulated in a certain way. I don't see a need for much regulation at all obviously. Without a government, bands of firms don't really ever become quasi-government in the way I mean the word. EDIT: Are you a doctor or just in the research end of medicine? I've always assumed the latter.

It's probably not worth it. Some amazing life experience though.

Equality 7-2521 wrote: Easy Livin wrote: General reminder.   Please remember our rules relating to illegal activities. Do not use this forum to promote the use of illegal drugs. Don't worry I got it under control for you. I already banned Stoney.

Oh thank God someone finally did