Klobuchar, Minnesota legislators move to criminalize 2C-E

Our drug laws continue to be an expensive ineffective hodgepodge, encouraging the kind of tragedy behind this bill, as well as the violence throughout South and Central America.

So one person overdoses on a legal chemical he got from the internet, and now that chemical should be banned?

What about the thousands of people each year who overdose on alcohol, tylenol, aspirin, cigarettes, vicodin, and even viagra?

A drug like 2c-e is perfectly safe WHEN THE DOSAGE IS CORRECT. We don’t need more drug bans, we need public education. Had this boy and his friends been properly educated about safe doses, we would not be in this situation. Hell, if there was more public education his friends probably wouldn’t have been so scared as to not call an ambulance!

Klobuchar’s logic is frighteningly absurd. Hopefully people will see past the bs and stand up for our rights.

It sounded to me from reading the Star Tribune article that the kid who bought the stuff was the type to search for anything to get high.

Does charging him with murder make anybody feel better?

If anyone remembers Amy from before the Senate she’s got quite a reputation for making herself look completely thoughtless. Apparently her experience in the senate has only exacerbated the problem.

She’s 110% for the nanny state as is more of an alarmist than any sort of realist.

I think the other 3 comments are spot on. People will continue to look for new ways to catch that extra bit of enjoyment because alcohol is a brutal drug that either gets old or all consuming.

Economics simply grants profits to those willing to risk jail time and where life is cheap what do they have to lose?

It really is a shame that this kind of stuff goes on everyday in our country. When a situation goes from ‘fun’ to very real all the sudden you’re going to have a hard time convincing most people to do the right thing and call the ambulance right away.

In such a situation nobody is going to have a clear head and say ‘let’s just call the ambulance’ right off the bat when the imprisonment is their reward for doing the right thing… education is the answer, for goodness sakes lots of people still huff paint, abuse nutmeg, and drink like fishes.

Real dangers will always exist and people will go to those lengths whether there are laws in place or not. The only thing laws and criminal persecution do is drive use underground and then when tragedy happens makes doing the right thing in a bad situation nearly impossible to do.

Kids these days think about their future whether they abuse substances or not, but labelling them as a criminal, giving them a record (especially in this economy) doesn’t give them many outs. To them going to jail and having a criminal record is worse than death so in that terrifying moment when things go wrong the laws literally damn the person who is convulsing on the floor.

You would imagine that if they were going to do things like this they’re aware of what might happen and just might not think it’ll happen to them. But they know the risk and if they know the risk they would be willing to take in the education to make sure ‘all is cool’ and have a plan B.

Nobody is going to plan for a plan B if the certain result is that they’ll go to jail and effectively quash any hope of a normal life.

Sure Amy K. you can continue to push things in the “right” direction but you’re only making it harder for people to do the right thing in the case of an emergency.