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<blockquote data-quote="RidgeHunter" data-source="post: 1354291" data-attributes="member: 4319">I can&#039;t, but I can say that your anecdotal experiences don&#039;t come close to proving anything you are saying. And the numbers (from America in the last 40 years) really don&#039;t jive with your theory either.You flat out said that fear of punishment is a major deterrent from dug use, and that &quot;many people&quot; would jump headlong into your proverbial sewer if drugs were legalized. If &quot;fear of punishment&quot; was such a&nbsp; major deterrent, the incarnation rate would not have more than quadrupled in the same time period that drug possession penalties were increased dramatically. Also, drug usage rates would have declined due to people fearing the punishment.40 years, and it hasn&#039;t happened. Maybe you meant &quot;a few&quot; and &quot;an insignificant number&quot;&nbsp; instead of &quot;a lot&quot; and &quot;many&quot;? If so, I agree 100%.And on your Mt. Dew, we need to make it illegal to protect the Appalachians. It can&#039;t be a socio-economic problem, it&#039;s just that we need to ban it is all. <img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" data-shortname=":D" /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6863173&amp;page=1" target="_blank">http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6863173&amp;page=1</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="RidgeHunter, post: 1354291, member: 4319"] I can't, but I can say that your anecdotal experiences don't come close to proving anything you are saying. And the numbers ([B]from America[/B] in the last 40 years) really don't jive with your theory either. [B]You flat out said that fear of punishment is a major deterrent from dug use, and that "many people" would jump headlong into your proverbial sewer if drugs were legalized. [/B]If "fear of punishment" was such a major deterrent, the incarnation rate would not have more than quadrupled in the same time period that drug possession penalties were increased dramatically. Also, drug usage rates would have declined due to people fearing the punishment. 40 years, and it hasn't happened. Maybe you meant "a few" and "an insignificant number" instead of "a lot" and "many"? If so, I agree 100%. And on your Mt. Dew, we need to make it illegal to protect the Appalachians. It can't be a socio-economic problem, it's just that we need to ban it is all. :D [URL="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6863173&page=1"]http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6863173&page=1[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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