Posted by yxibow on May 6, 2006, at 21:39:17
In reply to Re: MAOIs » yxibow, posted by ed_uk on May 6, 2006, at 16:41:08
> >Legitimate manufacturers don't pass out syringes filled with HIV or blow up their plants in neighbourhoods.
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> I wasn't saying that illegal manufacture of methamphetamine is ok. What I was saying is that the drug methamphetamine itself is not 'all bad'. In some cases, making drugs illegal creates more problems than it solves, particularly with respect to impure drugs being sold by dubious dealers.
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> Ed
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I agree only in part -- I agree that making marijuana illegal since the drug act of oh what was it 1934 -- and the hilarious movies about it in the thirties that you can see clips of in "Grass" has lead to driveby shootings, Mexican and central american mafias, armed immigrants growing and destroying National Forest property here in Southern California growing clandestine pot fields and shooting forest rangers who should be focusing their energy elsewhere in our parks. But we're talking about its use and sale in either limited amounts to consenting adults of age, or restricted use to those who suffer from chronic illnesses such as glaucoma and MS.
The drug known as methamphetamine is not all bad, neither are some of the other medications in the phenethylamines. Epinephrine, salbutamol, buproprion, pseudoephedrine, and crazily enough chemically, levmetamfetamine, the levorotoratory steroisomer of meth thought not to be terribly psychoactive, sold OTC for nasal decongestant use within this past decade.
Methamphetamine is not illegal. It has very limited and restricted use as Desoxyn (C-II). We're talking about what you exactly said, illegal manufacture, distribution to people who have little knowledge of what they're doing to their bodies other than wasting away.-- tidings
Jay
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