What is inherently wrong with selling drugs?

[Blue Virgo]

It destroys communities

Communities are made up of families....so, it'd be kinda safe to say that since alcohol can ruin families, it can ruin communities as well.

Would it be as rapid as drugs? Probably not. But it still can ruin people and lives.

 

[Darius]

nothing really. if you don't acknowledge the legal ramifications and ignore the risk you take far outweighs the reward, then nothing is wrong with it.

But if it were to be wrong, its wrong for what it can do to yourself, not because of what it can do to others.

 

[garv]

Don't you work for an overseas contracting company in Iraq?

Lmao the hypocrisy.

 

[Blue Virgo]

Lmao the hypocrisy.

I'm saying.

Concerning her post, I'd like to know the difference between what she does and what a drug dealer does.

 

[Bwoahmizzee]

too vague of a question

some people will say it destroys the community

some people will say it's a good source of income

some people will say it's morally wrong

it just depends on how you look at things

 

[Ace Boon]

@ Cap and Blue

Well coming from a household where my mother was addicted to crack, I would say yes. Luckily, my dad got me out of that situation and we moved down south. So therefore, it destroyed my family to where I don't even have a relationship with my mother. She's been clean for 10 years now, but I still don't have that mother-son bond that a lot of my peers have.

Are you all saying neglecting your only child isn't an issue?

 

[Fooley]

Why not? You're already selling drugs in general, why limit the customers?

Because an innocent party is involved. The child/fetus doesn't have a say in whether they want to use drugs. It's the same for pregnant women with alcohol and cigarettes.

 

[Sourpatch Kid]

Selling drugs is as equivalent to hoes, strippers and golddiggers, it's all a hustle and you gotta do what you gotta do to survive.

 

[bdbdbd]

cigarettes are legal and cheap, drugs are illigal and expensive, thats the major difference.

sooo....

people don't kick down doors and shoot children, or kidnap and torture people for cigarettes.

there not the same.

wat a retarded arguement, in fact it dont even deserve to be called an arguement....

see heres my fuckin problem with this shit....u got that one guy from jamaica, dudus i think his name was.

now he sold drugs and weapons and they ran up in his house and had a lil shootout and all sorts.

yet you can head over to the shop and buy a gun, alcohol, paracetamol, cigarettes, etc....all shit that has provn to be harmful and has been known to cause a high amount of deaths around the world.

its fucked up, where does it matter where u got the gun from?

 

[Fooley]

@ Cap and Blue

Well coming from a household where my mother was addicted to crack, I would say yes. Luckily, my dad got me out of that situation and we moved down south. So therefore, it destroyed my family to where I don't even have a relationship with my mother. She's been clean for 10 years now, but I still don't have that mother-son bond that a lot of my peers have.

Are you all saying neglecting your only child isn't an issue?

This isn't daycare. We don't babysit adults. People make their own choices. If someone wants to harm their own body, it's their prerogative. Crack was illegal and she still did it so it really wouldn't make a difference anyway

 

[Blue Virgo]

Neglecting a child period is an issue, so I'm not saying that at all.

I'm just saying that drugs are not the only things that ruin communities.

So, if you're going to make it illegal for one--make it illegal for all.

 

[CapitalB]

@ Cap and Blue

Well coming from a household where my mother was addicted to crack, I would say yes. Luckily, my dad got me out of that situation and we moved down south. So therefore, it destroyed my family to where I don't even have a relationship with my mother. She's been clean for 10 years now, but I still don't have that mother-son bond that a lot of my peers have.

Are you all saying neglecting your only child isn't an issue?

im not sayin that at all.. but people always sayin it destroys communities when them rich white kids are doin drugs jus as much if not more..
not everyone is an addict.. some people are recreational users..

and i grew up where half my family sold girl and boy and the other half smoked it.. trust me iv seen what it can do.. but before a drug does anything to anybody.. they do it to themself..
im not tryin to sit here and say drugs are a good thing.. but who are u to tell a person what they can and cant do to their body?? if they want to smoke crack they're gonna smoke it.. has outlawin it helped?? what they should be doin if they really wanted to curb the problem is help these people instead of jailing them and givin them a record.. but that would make too much sense.. so it cant be that.. i see the war on drugs as a war on poor people.. because like i said.. cops aint raidin them suburbs.. jus us po' folk..

 

[Ace Boon]

This isn't daycare. We don't babysit adults. People make their own choices. If someone wants to harm their own body, it's their prerogative. Crack was illegal and she still did it so it really wouldn't make a difference anyway

I understand where you're coming from as far as two adults (the user and the dealer) making their own decsions.

But like PR said it's the trickle dowm effect that comes with it.

 

[Blue Virgo]

Because an innocent party is involved. The child/fetus doesn't have a say in whether they want to use drugs. It's the same for pregnant women with alcohol and cigarettes.

They're still an adult.

Also, the kids that have parents that use drugs don't have a say in whether or not they wanna deal with parents that are drug addicts.

They have consequences to drug use also...it might not be as direct as being forced to take drugs, but you're being forced to deal with the person that takes drugs, their actions, their changing personalities, etc.

 

[Fooley]

They're still an adult.

Also, the kids that have parents that use drugs don't have a say in whether or not they wanna deal with parents that are drug addicts.

They have consequences to drug use also...it might not be as direct as being forced to take drugs, but you're being forced to deal with the person that takes drugs, their actions, their changing personalities, etc.

But their body is not affected by the drug use. They only have the right to be healthy. Kids don't want to have to deal with being adopted or being in a foster home either. As long as their is no bodily abuse, there is no crime.

 

[Blue Virgo]

But their body is not affected by the drug use. They only have the right to be healthy. Kids don't want to have to deal with being adopted or being in a foster home either. As long as their is no bodily abuse, there is no crime.

There are different forms of abuse and they are all crimes.

Neglect.

Sexual Abuse.

Physical Abuse.

Emotional Abuse.

Listing those was only making a point that "bodily abuse" isn't the only crime. I'm well aware that these things could happen with or without drugs.

 

[Ace Boon]

@Cap

When I saw the thread title, I immediately thought of crack and not the other recreational drugs. I know whites kids use more than your average fiend in the hood, because they can afford it. I understand no one is putting a gun to their head when they're using it.

 

[Fooley]

There are different forms of abuse and they are all crimes.

Neglect.

Sexual Abuse.

Physical Abuse.

Emotional Abuse.

Listing those was only making a point that "bodily abuse" isn't the only crime. I'm well aware that these things could happen with or without drugs.

but who said I think crack addicts should have custody of their kids anyway? I said that an individual should be able to do what they want with their body.

 

[Blue Virgo]

but who said I think crack addicts should have custody of their kids anyway? I said that an individual should be able to do what they want with their body.

Is a pregnant woman not an individual that should be able to do what they want with their body?

 

[Darius]

you can't be out here blaming the seller to justify the addicts behavior.....lives lost, crime, destroyed communities is just as much the addicts fault