Wendaline wrote: I'm pretty sure nicotine is a drug.
Most people this day and age are drug users...if not addicted. Caffeine being one of the most used. The only difference is law. Nicotine, alcohol, and caffeine are considers okay and maybe even cool to use. But all three are addictive and, at times, destructive.
Why should a pot trafficker be sentenced to death but not the people who sell you your cigarettes?
Destructive with misuse. I can't believe I'm actually writing a paragraph to justify soda, but I feel I need to say everything very clear and simply.
First off, I don't buy the "addiction" excuse. I've put down soda for up to year-long periods. Same with alcohol and cigarettes. When I started smoking again this past fall, I had not had a single cigarette in four years, as I had previously been a smoker, and quit all at once, no patches, no gradual reduction. There is no "addiction," at least not with soda, tobacco, and alcohol just lack of self control. I myself smoked my last cigarette for a long time, or, perhaps, forever today. My drinking was becoming unhealthy and not congenial to my responsibilities as a father, so in March of this year, I swore off liquor, and now only drink beer. Alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine do not create a dependence like many illegal drugs do, so please, nobody try that one again.
As for why drug traffickers should get death, it's situational and depends on region. I don't think even Malaysian or Singaporean drug laws would stop the drug issue in the USA, no matter how many immigrants we fried. However, what I'm most concerned about is the prevailing attitude toward drugs. Many people see nothing wrong with use of marijuana or even other drugs. That is what bothers me.
