Do we Need Some New Laws?

There have always been bullies and always will be. Often the bully is imitating behavior he or she has seen in the home. A child was fighting with another one on my son’s Yeshivah bus on the way home. My son saw the little kid being bullied, so he stepped in between them to try to stop the fighting (the bus driver was either oblivious or concentrating on the road – he should have stopped the bus and refused to drive until they were under control). The bully grabbed my son’s glasses off his face, broke them and cut my son near his eye, in the bargain. When I saw my son, I called the parents immediately to inform them of what their son had done. the mom’s response – “Next time teach your son to mind his own business.” She neither offered to pay for the replacement glasses, nor even expressed regret at her son’s outrageous behavior. Had my son done the same thing, not only would I have made him go over to BOTH boys and apologize, but his allowance would have been paying for the glasses for the next several months or longer. What can you expect from kids,w hen the parents have such an attitude?

Alcohol has legitimate uses such as wine on Shabbos and Pesach.

drughs like Cocaine have no legitimate use.

Wrong! Cocaine is used medicinally. ::::::::::::

Where?

I do not believe it is, in the US.

Morphine, I believe, not Cocaine (not in the US as far as I know and even ity it were it would be in very rare cases, certainly no doctor would in the US would ever perscribe it, to be bought at pharmacy or any other store).

Cocaine is the preferred anesthetic for many ENT procedures. It is also used by ophthalmologists to help in the diagnosis of Horner’s syndrome. It cannot be prescribed for individual use.

I’m not sure if doctors can get it anymore for the above uses, though it used to be found in every operating room.

Nevertheless, allowing it in a medical setting can be done without legalizing it across the board. Medicine must be prescribed by a physician whilst the general public cannot buy prescription medicine without a medical prescription. I can understand and perhaps support an effort to legalize narcotics for medical purposes (i.e. with a prescription) without legalizing it across the board.

Do supporters of narcotic legalization efforts also support that prescription medicine be made available to anyone for any reason with or without a prescription? To be consistent, they would need to support that position.

No, I personally have 613 laws to keep already and learn about before I worry about making up new ones. 🙂

just because a drug was once used for medical purposes that doesnt mean it should be legalized.

Agreed.

And, it should be pointed out, that legalizing drugs does not have to be an “all or nothing” proposition. Certain drugs could be legalized while others remain illegal.

The Wolf

any drug thats either damadging to the body whether physical or mental should not be made legal. someone who’s caught dealing ‘e’ can be charged with manslaughter for o.d.ing is easy, which in many cases results in death. morphine should not be made accesable for the result would be devastating. i have a friend who died from oxy cotton. although it may seem to many that its nothing but a painkiller. many drugs that may seem tame, are anything but that.

It’s oxycodone