My friend online and I were having a discussion about the candidates left in the presidential race and we got on the subject of drug laws. I myself don’t smoke pot or use any illegal substances. Not to say that I haven’t, but I don’t at this point in my life. Anyway, we agreed on the fact that it makes no sense that the following drugs are illegal:Marijuana (you knew I was going to say this), AMT, 5-MeO DiPT, MDMA, LSD and Mescaline. There are others, but those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. I hate to say it but none of those drugs are going to cause any horrible effects to the person doing them. People don’t kill, maim or harm others in order to obtain those drugs in most cases (maybe pot, but that’s really a stretch) and the worst damage they’re going to do when they’re ON them is to themselves. So where’s the problem? Why does the government feel the need to protect us from ourselves? If I get fucked up on Mescaline (peyote buttons), I’m pretty much gonna sit in the middle of my living room and talk to God (or some other higher power, whatever). Same goes for most of those other drugs I listed above. To be honest, they’re mostly passive & introspective drugs. They’re not like meth that you get crazy addicted to, lose a shitload of weight and start stealing and pawning shit to get more. Women aren’t gonna whore themselves out to get more LSD. So what’s the issue?? Oh, that’s right… People aren’t allowed to expand their minds on those wonderful mind-altering drugs. Nevermind that none of them have been proven to be addictive and with the exception of weed none have been proven to have any lasting physiological effects (smoking any substance isn’t good for the lungs, that’s a given). One might argue that research has hypothesized continuous high dosage MDMA usage has caused damage to certain areas of the brain but it hasn’t been conclusively proven to happen nor to even be permanent in those that did exhibit such damage. In any case, it blows my mind that those drugs are even remotely illegal. I DO see a point in regulating most other drugs. Cocaine? Crack? Meth? Heroin? Those have no real medical usage and are far more addictive and destructive drugs. Other drugs that DO have some medical merit but a very high possibility of abuse (Oxycodone, morphine, codeine, various other opiates, benzodiazepines, sedatives, etc.) should be regulated as well. But recreational drugs that don’t have any documented harmful effects? It’s not like they lead to doing “harder” drugs. What kind of dipshit is going to enjoy a few LSD trips and say “man, I need to try crack!” As if I’m going to eat some peyote buttons a few times, get really fucked up and decide that wasn’t good enough and shoot up some heroin. How about not? Most people who do those sorts of drugs do them for the pure enjoyment of the mind-expanding/altering experience, not for the feeling of being “fucked up”. Bah, anyway… it’s not like these laws are going to change anytime soon; not even with our current crop of candidates for president. Either way, I felt it was worthy of a rant. And if you have any constructive disagreements, feel free to express them in comments. 
As an aside, I did leave something else out. Presume I’m carrying 20 pills of ecstacy on me. I get stopped and searched and the pills are found. I’m going to be punished the same as if I’d raped a woman at knifepoint. Care to justify that? Good luck!
