Comments on: NATO’s New Colombian Adventure, in Afghanistan http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/01/31/natos-new-columbian-adventure-in-afghanistan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=natos-new-columbian-adventure-in-afghanistan @TAC Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:27:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fay Monceaux http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/01/31/natos-new-columbian-adventure-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-20002 Fay Monceaux Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:51:58 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=1491#comment-20002 It would seem legal highs have become the "in" thing" for the new generation. Immediately after one is made illegal a brand new strain is back. What is the fix to this? It would seem legal highs have become the “in” thing” for the new generation. Immediately after one is made illegal a brand new strain is back. What is the fix to this?

]]> By: Mark S. Oller http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/01/31/natos-new-columbian-adventure-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-4155 Mark S. Oller Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:56:47 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=1491#comment-4155 Legalize and regulate opium and heroin. At worst pure heroin causes dizzyness, nausea and constipation, and when prescribed for pain even for years, fewer than one percent of patients become addicted. Even among street users, only ten percent are addicts. The only reason heroin was originally outlawed was because the Russel opium trust was losing its monopoly in the 1920's. We permit cigarettes and alcohol, and even boxing and football, which cause severe brain damage, and there is no reason why we should not permit heroin. If your are still unconvinced, consider the danger of adulterated heroin and dirty hypodermic needles. Consider AIDS. Banning drugs also leads to ever more dangerous uncontrollable drugs, including designer drugs, PCP and worst of all: inhalants. Legalize and regulate opium and heroin. At worst pure heroin causes dizzyness, nausea and constipation, and when prescribed for pain even for years, fewer than one percent of patients become addicted. Even among street users, only ten percent are addicts. The only reason heroin was originally outlawed was because the Russel opium trust was losing its monopoly in the 1920′s. We permit cigarettes and alcohol, and even boxing and football, which cause severe brain damage, and there is no reason why we should not permit heroin.

If your are still unconvinced, consider the danger of adulterated heroin and dirty hypodermic needles. Consider AIDS. Banning drugs also leads to ever more dangerous uncontrollable drugs, including designer drugs, PCP and worst of all: inhalants.

]]> By: Young Americans For Liberty » Blog Archive » War on Terror Meets the War on Drugs http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/01/31/natos-new-columbian-adventure-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-4114 Young Americans For Liberty » Blog Archive » War on Terror Meets the War on Drugs Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:53:01 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=1491#comment-4114 [...] Seeing as how our government’s drug policies have been such a smashing success everywhere else, it only makes sense that we would expand them to Afghanistan. [...] [...] Seeing as how our government’s drug policies have been such a smashing success everywhere else, it only makes sense that we would expand them to Afghanistan. [...]

]]> By: Kelley Vlahos http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/01/31/natos-new-columbian-adventure-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-4111 Kelley Vlahos Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:32:19 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=1491#comment-4111 as any of my editors will tell you -- i can sometimes be quite incapable of putting fresh eyes on a final edit. thank you for providing that! as any of my editors will tell you — i can sometimes be quite incapable of putting fresh eyes on a final edit. thank you for providing that!

]]> By: Mr Nitpicky http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/01/31/natos-new-columbian-adventure-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-4107 Mr Nitpicky Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:42:40 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=1491#comment-4107 Colombia is spelled with an "o". Colombia is spelled with an “o”.

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