according to Professor Nutt: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/28/why-are-drugs-illegal-google-answer
I guess cops gotta eat. Really need to look at how we squander human capital. Imagine if all those cops could do something useful instead.
[QUOTE="FluffyMcDeath, post: 79025, member: 26" Imagine if all those cops could do something useful instead.[/QUOTE]
Why are some drugs illegal? Because "users" have no control over what "dealers" add to so-called safe drugs, to get a "Higher" high! Example: 41 deaths so far this year,in Birmingham from Heroin laced with Fentanyl. Wikipedia says: "Fentanyl is approximately 80 to 100 times more potent than morphine and roughly 40 to 50 times more potent than pharmaceutical grade (100% pure) Heroin". I didn't know anything about Heroin laced with Fentanyl until last month when I was asked for help to get to a boy who had locked himself in a bathroom, and overdosed on it. He fell in front of the locked door, so the door was still blocked by his body after I had forced the lock. I ended up removing the hinges and the door to gain access. The whole time, I was having to listen to him gagging. If you ever hear someone overdosing, and then going silent, it will scare you shitless. He did live, as emergency crew finally showed up, but I thought I was going to have a heart attack. There is a reason they call it dope. Only a dope would think they know for sure what they are taking..
@Fade: What you describe there was also one of the failures of prohibition. People didn't know what was in their booze and some were poisoned. Legislation and regulation put an end to most of that, as it would with any other drug, not just alcohol.
Troo DaT. Lotsa people blinded by the bad moonshine. Don't happen any more ('cept to people who can't afford real booze and think methanol is the same thing!!)
Quote "Legislation and regulation put an end to most of that, as it would with any other drug, not just alcohol." Only problem with that is "White lightning" is still as popular as ever. So it didn't cure anything.
I was exposed to moonshine at a very early age, as my long dead grandfather both made and sold it decades after alcohol was again made legal. He didn't lack for customers right up until his death in 1991. We could always count on the ATF people to show up at any large family gathering like 4th of July, or Christmas, just to "see" what was going on. It still goes on. See photo. The guy lives about 15 miles from me.
Found an article on so-called moonshine but the stuff being talked about in this article isn't generally illegal: http://business.time.com/2013/05/27/moonshine-is-growing-in-the-u-s-and-big-whiskey-wants-a-taste/
We had some moonshiners in my old neighbourhood but it's hobby level stuff. However, recently some of the local moonshine has been showing up in the liquor stores.
I'm not sure if the "craft" stuff was legit but to get in the liquor store you have to convince the gubmint that you are a good actor with some sort of quality control. I don't know what the rules are governing stills but you can make your own wine and your own beer no problem. I guess there is a risk of explosion and fire with a still.
