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Tobacco and alcohol are unusually dangerous in the scheme of drugs. I don't disagree with your intention to relax restrictions behind drugs, but if this logic w
by rms 10y ago
Tobacco and alcohol are unusually dangerous in the scheme of drugs. I don't disagree with your intention to relax restrictions behind drugs, but if this logic was followed, nearly every drug would be legalized, which is not the goal of the government of the USA.
- cmdrfred 10y agoIf that is true, and your end goal is truly safety, why doesn't the FDA and DEA advocate for the criminalization of those drugs as well? I have been told that the argument is that prohibition caused violence and crime, but so does the prohibition of heroin so that logic doesn't seem to hold.
- alexbecker 10y agoBecause it would be politically impossible? (I would also argue that the DEA's goal is not safety.)