For Those Of Ya'll that Use the Evil Drug Cocaine...

[pitbullstl]

Merck pharmaceuticals has huge stores of cocaine. I can't say that I know why other than it can be used as an anesthetic - but the only surgeries I have heard that used in lately are eye surgeries (local anesthetic on that).

Not sure if that merits huge stores of it.

When my father worked for them in quality control, they would make jokes about needing to do more quality control tests on the coke.
There actually was a guy whose job involved testing a random sample of the coke (chemically, not himself) to see if it was being cut - they frequently found employees were stealing it and then trying to leave filler in its place.
Things I never would have known if it weren't for dad.

Granted, this was back in the early '80s, so I have no idea if it is still the case.

Nope, not the case anymore, larger pharm companies, Merck included have stringent guidelines and control factors now......all regulated monthly or quarterly by the D.E.A. , pharmaceutical return companies are audited weekly..........for things as mundane as perc's and other narcotics.

 

[the nature boy]

how hard is it to grow a coca plant?

 

[Taps]

I think we can agree that drunk use is not a smart thing to do. I don't think anyone would argue that it's a healthy mental or physical pursuit.

However, I do believe in free will and if someone wants to shoot black tar heroin (which has likely been smuggled across the boarder in some dudes anal cavity) then more power to 'em. I don't see how the government has any right to tell people what they can and cannot put in their own bodies.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

Same is true of alcohol. We've survived. And while cocaine is terribly addictive (preferred to food by rats - I am sure you know the experiment) - not every cocaine user will become an addict.

it isnt only the incidence of addiction which is greater but also the degree of addiciton. i can assure you, widespread use of cocaine would be far more problematic than that of ethanol. furthermore, the mode by which the drugs are administered and the severity of an overdose in the case of cocaine would undoubtably lead to deaths on the spot, as well as a probable equivalence in road deaths.

personally i think ethanol use should be controlled. cars should be fitted with immobilisers as standard, and greater efforts should be made to modulate underage (and general) binge drinking

its all very well to say its up to the person but in practice, there are a lot more associated and follow on problems

I can't see you or your peers doing it wither. That's why I would sell cocaine in retail stores a lot like liquor.

all that would do is dodge the issue. indiscriminate consumption, and inevitably the adverse health effects associated with such consumption, would follow.

if you truly have been front row to addiction, you have seen how amazingly destructive powerful addiction can be. the face of our society would change as a result of the legalisation of cocaine and similar drugs. there isnt a facet of life that wouldnt change. the number of unviable individuals would skyrocket. too many things to chat about, really.

Consider also the huge numbers of people who do not ocntruibute because they are imprisoned on drug charges. (More of a US problem perhaps) Not only are they unproductive, but it costs $40,000US per year to "house" them.

thats true, but im sure that imprisonments due to violent crime would increase. so many other industries would shit themselves that such economic rationalisms are negated

At least if they have to buy their drugs from a legitimate operation, they have to earn money to buy them.
(yes, some people prefer crime to earning money. This doesn't change whether or not drugs are legalized).

true. but if you consider that it would cost a dollar a day to get absolutely wasted, i dont think that the aquisition of money to buy drugs is going to be a terribly strong motivator.

Actually, the biggest anti-legalization lobby is by far the pharamaceutical industry, which would ratehr see you on Zoloft for your depression than cocaine.

i didnt know that. they probably want you alive and well, paying tax to fund your long, slow rot (ahem, i mean prescription retirement) rather than offing yourself

OR theyre lobbying against marijuana...now that would put a hole in their pockets

 

[hardrock]

He obviously had proirs. $10,000 for a gram ? Yeah right. I have friends who,ve been busted with alot more and got alot less punishment. What state we talking about here?

 

[jerkbox]

how hard is it to grow a coca plant?

i believe it takes huge amounts of the plant to make a small amount of coke.....

 

[tiger88]

how hard is it to grow a coca plant?

my question is


how the hell do u turn it into white powder?

 

[the nature boy]

i believe it takes huge amounts of the plant to make a small amount of coke.....

I hate you.

 

[jerkbox]

I hate you.

did i just squash the dreams of your next failed business venture?

 

[tiger88]

did i just squash the dreams of your next failed business venture?

lol no


acrtually he has a home buisness that he started with one of those spam emails


he works at home as a side job and makes 30 k year