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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Too many drugs in DC as it is. City is not going in the right direction. Become less and less family oriented and more about allowing selfish people to do as they please at the expense of others... Pot smoking is just one example. These motorcycle gangs that terrorize neighborhoods on illegal bikes is another. City is being taken over by selfish Aholes. And the police sit there and do nothing. It is sad.[/quote]

What I wonder about is how all these younger (20’s-30’s) parents who are voting for this now, because THEY enjoy drugs, are going to feel in a few years when their 12 year old OD’s on peyote or mushrooms.

(Yes, I realize that ODing on peyote or other psychedelic plants isn’t fatal, but it can definitely put you in the hospital, as my sister can attest to, so spare me the lectures about how “safe” they are)[/quote]

I've heard, here and in life, from basically zero peyote or shrooms users supporting this. The support is from people who think that abuse of these drugs should be treated like a public health issue, not by putting people in jail. I'm not a user of any of the drugs listed (or anything other than a glass of wine or beer), but I support this. Use of them is positive for some people, negative for some people, but in ways that are much better treated at the hospital (like your sister experienced) and not in a cell.

I'd also target my kid OD on peyote than whiskey.[/quote]

Exactly this. I'm in my 30s with kids a couple of years away from middle school.  I care about getting people the help they need not jailing them. Same goes for my kids.  I intend to explain in detail the various drugs out there. They'll have to choose for themselves.  But it they do experiment, I don't want them to be worried about asking for help.[/quote]

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