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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6055530" data-attributes="member: 24302">Heard it explained this way.&nbsp; You can have an alcoholic beverage without getting intoxicated.&nbsp; The whole point of doing illegal drugs is to get intoxicated. You don&#039;t want government dictating anything concerning your personal choices but government has a vested interest in discouraging intoxication.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t want the government telling you can&#039;t have this or that then to be consistent you&#039;ll not want government stopping you on your drive home while intoxicated and charging you with a crime.&nbsp; It&#039;s your right to do what you please and everyone around you needs to worry about their own personal safety and not worry about what you&#039;re doing that may affect them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Do you see any problems with that scenario?&nbsp; You can&#039;t say of course you must make the right choices and not drive under the influence but intoxication removes inhibitions and affects judgement.&nbsp; So if we&#039;re going to legalize drugs then let&#039;s make sure that there are serious consequences for illegal behavior while intoxicated from your drug of choice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 6055530, member: 24302"] Heard it explained this way. You can have an alcoholic beverage without getting intoxicated. The whole point of doing illegal drugs is to get intoxicated. You don't want government dictating anything concerning your personal choices but government has a vested interest in discouraging intoxication. If you don't want the government telling you can't have this or that then to be consistent you'll not want government stopping you on your drive home while intoxicated and charging you with a crime. It's your right to do what you please and everyone around you needs to worry about their own personal safety and not worry about what you're doing that may affect them. Do you see any problems with that scenario? You can't say of course you must make the right choices and not drive under the influence but intoxication removes inhibitions and affects judgement. So if we're going to legalize drugs then let's make sure that there are serious consequences for illegal behavior while intoxicated from your drug of choice. [/QUOTE]

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