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The typical libertarian argument, huh? I don't necessarily disagree, but there's no chance this would ever happen with drugs like heroin. Marijuana, sure, but y
by fluxquanta 11y ago
The typical libertarian argument, huh? I don't necessarily disagree, but there's no chance this would ever happen with drugs like heroin. Marijuana, sure, but you're dreaming if you think the libertarian treatment of "hard drugs" is possible in our lifetimes.
There is a chance, however, that we can actually tackle the issue realistically and improve the ease of access to mental health services and community programs that decrease the demand for the drugs in the first place, thereby removing the incentive for dealers to sell the stuff. It's literally basic economic theory.
- pmoriarty 11y ago"you're dreaming if you think the libertarian treatment of "hard drugs" is possible in our lifetimes" Of course it's possible. Some societies have already done it. Furthermore, many used to think that desegregation would not be possible in their lifetimes, that the Soviet Union and Apartheid would not fall, that the Third Reich would last a thousand years, that a man walking on the moon was fantasy. They were all wrong. Those, and many other radical changes have been accomplished in the last century.