Weeds likes marijuana or hemps do not improve a players performance unlike nadrolone or creatinine which is known to build muscles and hence associations or boards should treat it as a diciplinary issue rather than a crime. It is something like drinking alchohol. But we don't get drunk and go to office, similary if a player is not on drugs while playing, there should not be any issue. Recreational drugs are an individual choice and countries like Netherlands has legalized it. It is pathetic people associate it with shame when our country has a rich history and folklore associated with bhang. Half the country goes mad in Shivratri.
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by A J Y on Jul 15, 2008 02:54 PM Permalink
most rediff readers comments are stupid anal or biased .... glad to see at least one reader writing some sense .... yes you need to diffrentiate between performance enchancing drugs which tantamounts to CHEATING and recreational drugs which do not affect performance and tantamounts to a personal vice (again this is so subjective, in some countries drugs are legalised & in some countries tobacco & booze are punishable offenses)
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by Subir Nag on Jul 15, 2008 03:27 PM Permalink
this is very pertinent and succinct. it's unfortunate that alcohol is socially and legally accepted but marijuana is not, while the social, and long term physical and mental impact of alcohol is much much more than the grass. but for the dutch, nobody thought of questioning this stupid paradox.
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by karthik on Jul 15, 2008 03:45 PM Permalink
The reason they should be banned/punished is cos they are ROLE MODELS. Meaning--many kids emulate them and their behaviour and this kind of behaviour might influence kids to take up drugs during sport or otherwise. Ur kids and mine also might do it in the future. And please dont blame our culture as a whole for the acts of a few people. And just because govt dint ban alcohol that doesnt mean it shouldnt ban drugs. the govt has done a huge mistake by not banning alcohol cos even 12/13 yr olds these days are sometimes drinking it, so let us atleast be thankful that drugs are not legal otherwise these kids would have happily been taking them too.
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by Risi I on Jul 15, 2008 04:34 PM Permalink
Your views are pretty much holier than thou but devoid of practical understanding of issue. You expect the society and especially the role models to be like Lord Ram but your Talibantisic manner of perception is actually what is ailing the country. Do you have any idea the amount of money the drug trade generates which is controlled by mafia and then channelised to terrorist? Do you know there are around 10 million prostitues in India where the trade is again controlled by mafia and prostitutes with no access to healthcare, social security are like a walking time bomb trading and falling prey to AIDS and STDs. I hope you do not have a ridiculous idea of shooting all prostitutes or keep them in jail. We neither has the infrastructure or ammunition. Fact is when there is a demand there is a supply. Legalising certain weeds, prostitution etc will actually go a long away in controlling the so called vices.
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by karthik on Jul 15, 2008 09:28 PM Permalink
risi, u chose the easy way out and that is legalising it. why?? because it is easy and it is followed in some western countries. Never mind half of western teens and adults are drug addicts becos of easy availabilty of drugs(legally). u just want to legalise it. Never mind that even kids in india will start taking drugs. u just dont care. why?? becos even western kids take drugs. right?? And when they dont have problem taking drugs,why should we have right?? Regarding dealing with mafia. Banning, and adopting strict measures to prevent the entry of drugs into india and also manufacturing drugs in india, can also disrupt mafia trade and revenues. Your arguement is similar to suggesting a person to take pain killers and decrease the pain when someone is hitting him with a hammer,instead of suggesting him to get away from the hammer.
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by Risi I on Jul 15, 2008 10:49 PM Permalink
There you go, how convinient it is come up with rhetoric statement that everything evil and vice spawns in Western Nations and our culture is virtue of goodness and innocense except some bad Indians who copy Wests while you completely ignore the fact that we are known to celebrate Bhang day (Shivaratri) since ages and also rever God SHIVA who is known to be high on drugs. This is pure hypocricy. I don't know where you got the stats that half of western teenagers are drug addicts. It seems your thinking is most likely clouded by Hollywood movies and rockbands who give an image of drugs being cool. But images can be misleading. It is same thing as people perceiving us through the prism of Bollywood. Bollywood movies have more obcenity, nudity and violence than most Hollywood movies not forgetting the prospenity to fall into a routine song and dance. Fact is in real life very few people wear micro minis and roam the whole town or fall into a song and dance. Although I am not an expert but having worked in a BPO for a number of years dealing both UK and USA customer, I under their psyche and can confidently say majority of people in both UK and USA are extremely religious, fun loving, caring, polite, honest and have high moral values. So my friend, I don't buy your eastern western cultural theory and again except for Netherland none of the Western nations has legalized weeds or prostitution.
My judgement is purely on facts and rational thinking. Once again I stick to the theory
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by Risi I on Jul 15, 2008 10:55 PM Permalink
contd from below.... "when there is a demand there will always be a suppy." The supplier can either be a legal agency or a mafia; hence legalistaion. Again legalizing does not mean promoting vice but putting into place effective control measures and bring the trade under government survellaince. Your theory of "banning" is quite primitive thinking. Just try banning anything, it become more popular. Haven't you watched banned movies or read banned books.
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by Amarsingh Pardeshi on Jul 15, 2008 07:15 PM Permalink
as per your self-elating views, bear in mind that legalizing or dis-legalizing something won't control any vices leave alone removing them. Hypothetical corollaries are good to muse but don't suit practically, my dear friend.
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by Risi I on Jul 15, 2008 07:42 PM Permalink
Yet another bright intellectual who feels it is wise to bury strong social issues under the carpet rather than face it head on. What is good or what is vice is a matter of perception and our judgement is often clouded by cultural taboos and popular sentiments but the thinking may not have any rational element. Anyway let me not digress the topic. For all I care, legalizing marijuana or canabis, prostitution etc will put the mafia out of commisson to quite an extent and thereby the terrorism.
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by sayed taj on Jul 15, 2008 03:17 PM Permalink
very well said...... really some one has written something meaningfull in long time
