Comments on: Drug Tourism in Maastricht http://jeffreymiron.com/2010/08/drug-tourism-in-maastricht/ Libertarianism A to Z Sun, 06 May 2012 22:53:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Boy Plunger http://jeffreymiron.com/2010/08/drug-tourism-in-maastricht/comment-page-1/#comment-1913 Boy Plunger Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:38:40 +0000 http://jeffreymiron.com/?p=1564#comment-1913 Spoken like a true libertarian, ha! I do not think anyone knows for sure what would be the consequences of legalizing the use of some drugs. I wonder if the same questioning happened in the days prior to lifting of the prohibition. Aside from, I did notice too the bias by the reporter trying to tie the words crime to "marijuana". Cannot be used as an example but having become free, or almost free and widely available online, porn has lost some of its appeal to many viewers, has bankrupt the industry and has smashed production budgets by more than half... so there is less being produced. And may be less consumed, paradoxically. I wonder what would be the effects of just making it free. Legal, but free. Spoken like a true libertarian, ha!

I do not think anyone knows for sure what would be the consequences of legalizing the use of some drugs. I wonder if the same questioning happened in the days prior to lifting of the prohibition. Aside from, I did notice too the bias by the reporter trying to tie the words crime to “marijuana”.

Cannot be used as an example but having become free, or almost free and widely available online, porn has lost some of its appeal to many viewers, has bankrupt the industry and has smashed production budgets by more than half… so there is less being produced. And may be less consumed, paradoxically. I wonder what would be the effects of just making it free. Legal, but free.

]]> By: Marc http://jeffreymiron.com/2010/08/drug-tourism-in-maastricht/comment-page-1/#comment-1907 Marc Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:09:31 +0000 http://jeffreymiron.com/?p=1564#comment-1907 You don't understand. The Dutch educate their own citizens and so most of them know to stay away from drugs. But the French refuse to educate, and so their youth travels to the Netherlands (to the dismay of one of their leaders - he lost his daughter). Legalizations of drugs only works if it is accompanied by education. But alas, education by the government is not possible from the Libertarian perspective. Unable to see the whole picture, Libertarians advocate a "solution" that would do more harm than good. You don’t understand. The Dutch educate their own citizens and so most of them know to stay away from drugs. But the French refuse to educate, and so their youth travels to the Netherlands (to the dismay of one of their leaders – he lost his daughter).
Legalizations of drugs only works if it is accompanied by education. But alas, education by the government is not possible from the Libertarian perspective. Unable to see the whole picture, Libertarians advocate a “solution” that would do more harm than good.

]]> By: Zack http://jeffreymiron.com/2010/08/drug-tourism-in-maastricht/comment-page-1/#comment-1886 Zack Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:01:33 +0000 http://jeffreymiron.com/?p=1564#comment-1886 Even when cold logic (more people = more crime) can be applied, it isn't because some anti-medicating bias has to be applies. It gets old. As a medstudent I even hear it from my preceptors who deliver a whole slew of drugs to all kinds of patients ever day, but when autonomy comes into the picture, they frown as though everything medicinal under the sun should be controlled. The common person must be stupid or unable to rationally seek medication without guidance. Even when cold logic (more people = more crime) can be applied, it isn’t because some anti-medicating bias has to be applies. It gets old.

As a medstudent I even hear it from my preceptors who deliver a whole slew of drugs to all kinds of patients ever day, but when autonomy comes into the picture, they frown as though everything medicinal under the sun should be controlled. The common person must be stupid or unable to rationally seek medication without guidance.

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