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Drug legalization will enable users to be certain that they are receiving the correct drug. Currently, drugs are often laced with adulterants for various reasons (to aid in trafficking, to increase the effects, etc.). Often, these adulterants are the cause of the primary dangers of use of the drug (as, for example, with Ecstacy). In addition, drug users can not know the purity of such drugs as heroin or cocaine; often overdoses are a result of underestimating the purity. These dangers would be eliminated if drugs were legalized and packages purchased were clearly marked with the purity of the ingredients, as well as a complete list of which ingredients were present.
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The dangers of drug use are well-known. If a user chooses to partake in a risky activity and dies, it is the user's fault.
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The burden for safety does not lie with the consumer, it lies with the manufacturer. If a person chooses to partake in driving a Pinto, we blame his death on Ford, not his freedom to partake in a risky activity.
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Returning once more to the fact that all drugs should be legalized and subject to standards they are currently not being held to on the street.
title: 'Re: Does more harm than good'
text: 'Returning once more to the fact that all drugs should be legalized and subject to standards they are currently not being held to on the street.'
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date: 2005-05-02 01:26:50
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