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It should be. The negative externalities of prohibition are so much worse than from abuse and addiction, even for meth, crack, whatever.
by InclinedPlane 11y ago
It should be. The negative externalities of prohibition are so much worse than from abuse and addiction, even for meth, crack, whatever.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> The negative externalities of prohibition are so much worse than from abuse and addiction, even for meth, crack, whatever. Among the negative externalities of prohibition are exacerbating the negative effects of addiction, by increasing the stigma and risk associated with admitting you have a problem.
- InclinedPlane 11y agoIt also pushes addicts outside the protection of the law, making them easy victims for other crimes. They won't seek the protections of the criminal justice system because they perceive themselves as being on the wrong side of it and likely to be as abused by the system as they were by their victimizers.