Drugs in Schools

AtlanticBlue99 · 10-23-2005, 09:46 AM

Like it or not, drugs have been finding, and always will find their way into our nation's public schools. There is a gigantic market for these teenagers to get into drugs ranging from alcohol (most popular) to cigarettes, dip, and marijuana. At my school, there is even an epidemic of coccaine coming down from a dealer in Atlanta, GA. How can we possibly stop the drug trade and use in the school system without invading the rights of the students/parents? I believe that to stop the drug trade in the U.S., we must first stop it in the schools, because that is where the majority of users get hooked. I am not saying alcohol is bad, but the secondhand drugs such as cigarettes and marijuanna, and the harder drugs such as coccaine need to controlled more heavily, without taking the rights of the citizens of our nation.

ideas?

lemon · 10-24-2005, 01:58 AM

yeah...

legalize it, tax it, and the government wins, the people who dont use them wins, and the people who take the drugs win ( in their minds ) 8)

Haus · 10-24-2005, 04:57 AM

my last years of school i went to a alternative school. kids brought drugs of all kinds there. some even smoked them in the bathrooms, shooting up in the classrooms. there own damn fault tho for letting the kids carry bookbags around the school. if you got caught smoking a cig there township would fine you 300.00 per cig. some kid was being a real jack off and smoked the whole pack like a dumb ass. parents got a fine in the mail for there kid for $6000.00 girls would hide there stash in there coochy as this one kid said. LOL. it was a bad school. im not really sure how the schools are today since i been out of school for a while but in my local news a teacher found in a 6 year olds back pack a Fucking ounce of weed. turned out it was the kids brother who put in the wrong back pack before he went to school.

AtlanticBlue99 · 10-24-2005, 10:32 AM

legalizing drugs is like increaing interest rates for people in debt. sure, it will make the gov't money, but it will hurt those who use drugs, many will cmomit suicide, and we would end up with a violent global epidemic of drug use and trafficing. legalization is not the answer for hard drugs; marijuana is understandable, but that is it. put an age of 18 for marijuana, tax it like alcohol, and reap the profits,but at this point, you are sacrificing the lives of your people for the money of your people- now is that really a smart move?

lemon · 10-24-2005, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by AtlanticBlue99

legalizing drugs is like increaing interest rates for people in debt. sure, it will make the gov't money, but it will hurt those who use drugs, many will cmomit suicide, and we would end up with a violent global epidemic of drug use and trafficing. legalization is not the answer for hard drugs; marijuana is understandable, but that is it. put an age of 18 for marijuana, tax it like alcohol, and reap the profits,but at this point, you are sacrificing the lives of your people for the money of your people- now is that really a smart move?

but do you understand the implications of allowing the public to do the hard stuff? yes, for a time, it would seem like an evil thing to do, but consider:

the people who dont want it, want legislation to stop the trafficing of such drugs.

the people who do want it, dont want such legislation, so the drugs get to them.

the solution is to make it available to those who want it, and if they should die, thats less later on that would want it. which would be a win-win-win situation ( people who dont want it will get what they want later, which will be good for them then.. the people who do want it will get what they want now, which seems good to them now... and the government makes money off of it in the process, thereby allowing a possible income tax percent reduction, making everyone happier )

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AtlanticBlue99 · 10-24-2005, 03:27 PM

perhaps a percentage that want it cannot affor dit and will steal/commit other crimes to get to the drugs they get addicted to. it is a bad situation. legalization of hard drugs would be disasterous to our personal security, safety, and economic stability

lemon · 10-25-2005, 11:15 PM

only if you think in the short-term

and see the thing is, you can track the users very effeciently, as to make sure they dont do other crimes detrimental to society in a whole.

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Bossman351 · 10-26-2005, 08:53 AM

Lemon, you say its only "short term" like its nothing. Personally, I dont want to have to worry for 5 minutes about whether or not my kids are gonna get jumped for thier lunch money b/c a junkie needed a fix. Its already bad enough when you go to WalMart or to the grocerie store and there is someone standing outside begging for "gas money". Or how about the guy that stands on the offramp with a sign saying "will work for food" We all know that those guys dont have any intentions on "working" for money. Theyre just tere for the people that feel sorry enough to give them a handout. If that sounds bad, just imagine what it would be like with hard drugs legalized b/c we all know a junkie isnt going to hold a job for very long and theyre ALWAYS gonna be looking for that next fix and when theyre desperate they dont care what they have to do to come up with it.

lemon · 10-26-2005, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Bossman351

Lemon, you say its only "short term" like its nothing. Personally, I dont want to have to worry for 5 minutes about whether or not my kids are gonna get jumped for thier lunch money b/c a junkie needed a fix. Its already bad enough when you go to WalMart or to the grocerie store and there is someone standing outside begging for "gas money". Or how about the guy that stands on the offramp with a sign saying "will work for food" We all know that those guys dont have any intentions on "working" for money. Theyre just tere for the people that feel sorry enough to give them a handout. If that sounds bad, just imagine what it would be like with hard drugs legalized b/c we all know a junkie isnt going to hold a job for very long and theyre ALWAYS gonna be looking for that next fix and when theyre desperate they dont care what they have to do to come up with it.

we all know these people will not work, so why give them money? how about we force them to not beg by not giving into their begging? step up security at the schools, it'll be done sometime anyways.

AtlanticBlue99 · 10-26-2005, 07:20 PM

your idea is not feasible lemon. the intentions are good, but giving into junkies is the beginning of the end for the security of society