If you could make one thing legal

Tombstone said:
Maybe its just the way I see it in my head then, for example....

1 guy gets plastered on whiskey, drives and gets killed in a car crash. That's +1 for alcohol related deaths.

1 guy gets plastered on beer, drives and gets killed in a car crash. That's also +1 for alcohol related deaths. So +2 for alcohol related deaths.

1 guy gets plastered on ecstasy , falls off a bridge and dies , that's +1 for ecstasy related deaths.

1 guy gets plastered on heroin, falls of a bridge and dies, that's not included in the comparison.

Seems to me that one compares a genre if you like, whereas the other compares just one facet of a genre. One would expect the one which encompasses the whole genre to be higher.

Maybe I'm just thinking that out wrong, it is late after all. :)
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I dont think you realise that 'alcohol' is the active ingredient. It doesnt matter whether its beer, wine or spirits. The bit that makes you drunk is the ethanol in the drinks. It is the same ethanol in each type of drink. The active ingredient in each 'drug' is a completely different substance.

Alcohol also falls under the 'drug' umbrella. It just so happens that someone decided it is legal.
 
NerveAgent said:
I dont think you realise that 'alcohol' is the active ingredient. It doesnt matter whether its beer, wine or spirits. The bit that makes you drunk is the ethanol in the drinks. It is the same ethanol in each type of drink. The active ingredient in each 'drug' is a completely different substance.

Alcohol also falls under the 'drug' umbrella. It just so happens that someone decided it is legal.
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Yeah I've already realised the error of my ways and said as much 9 hours ago in the thread :D
 
Vita said:
Seriously though, glad you've brought that up. The speed limit is a joke, 70MPH is just not enough, speed limit should be at least 100MPH. Cars have advanced a lot since then, they brake a lot better. Some just woosh past at warp speed.
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The roads are too crowded for anything higher.
 
I'd make it legal for retailers to be able to sell pain killers in large quantities i.e 200 again... Absolutely fed up with the number of hangovers I've had to get through without the assistance of drugs because shops can only sell 16 at a time, I always seem to be out!
 
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