Of the drugs are free then it's a problem that solves itself.
this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2024
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Meh, having everything instantly legal would be too much especially without the funding for care centers where addicts can get help. As well as preventative systems for addicts.
Decriminalization is a step better but it doesn't solve the problems of dealers lacing fentanyl into things people dont expect.
That said, it's absurd to not already have things like psychedelics/weed/kratom decriminalization and small amounts of party drugs. The fact that the punishment for doing drugs far more harmful than the dugs themselves is mind boggling.
Very libertarian point of view and one that I've held for years. Not unpopular.
Do you really want what has happened with unrestricted tobacco to happen with meth?
Legalized ≠ unregulated
Like by prescription only like opiods or like no advertising like tobacco?
Regulations come in many forms.
It all depends on the type of drug and what is dangerous about it.
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Kinda but you would need to limit corporations abusing addiction for profit like they already do with things like nicotine
Portugal. They've essentially been doing this for years.
Drugs are decriminalised and in themselves legal.
It's still technically a crime to use them but generally you are treated as a patient with addiction. Not a criminal.
There's still a massive body of criminal law around supplying, and producing them.
So they are not dismantling controls on drugs but targeting the issues drugs cause instead of criminalising users needlessly.
Not perfect there but certainly lessons to be learnt.
Poisonings and overdoses skyrocket.
Edit: Not to mention antibiotic resistance.
And those people get proper medical care instead of revolving door prisons.
If drugs are produced with the same requirements as pharmaceuticals poisonings go down massively. That is usually due to it being cut with other shit.
I was talking to OP’s opinion, which is different from yours.
Because right now everything is dandy, right?
By treating addicted users as criminals instead of people in need of help, they don't get the help they need and it creates a taboo around the issue, just like it was a few years ago for mental health or sexual orientation.
At the strict minimum, decriminalize and controlled access is a good stop gap.
I was talking to OP’s opinion, which is different from yours.
My point still stand because I agree with OP's post.
People already do loads of drug and prohibition never stopped that since the dawn of time.
If the government give access to safe and clean drugs, they can make tax revenue from the sale of the drugs, and put in place rehab programs where addicts are not treated like criminal.
Thus my point, the strict minimum should be decriminalization of users, with a way to provide them with clean and safe drugs.
Decriminalization, controlled access, and treating people like humans instead of criminals is an excellent idea.
Global complete legalization of all drugs is not.
What are you talking about?
All drugs should be completely legalized globally.
In case you weren't able to see OP's post.
Checking in for the struggling sober. Controlled access and decriminalisation need to go hand in hand with
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Yeah kinda my point we cant just consider the criminal impact like OP is doing with blinders on
Not really unpopular. Most Scientists and even some politicians agree that the war on drugs only made things worse and that prohibition is not working.
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