Originally Posted by GeorgeBMac

Dope -- and doping -- are very complex subjects...

While I cannot disagree with either of the above opinions, I think it would be better if we (and especially the government health agencies like the FDA, NIH, ATF, and so on) focused on WHY people take drugs (even performance enhancing ones) and especially: what the very real consequences are...

Working in community mental health, I worked closely with people who take them, why they take them and what the (devastating) consequences are in their lives. That reality did more to dissuade me from any form of drug use than any laws or "Here is your brain on drugs" poster...

I don't think you can dictate these things from above. People will always make up their own minds no matter what the law is or what you say. I think education (Real education rather than proaganda) is the only thing that will ultimately have any significant impact. Yes, there will still be people who take dope -- but they will be doing it knowingly rather than out of ignorance or defiance.

So, while I KNOW how bad drugs and drug use are -- I disagree with how we as a society go about combating that menace.