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What's missing from the heroin analogy is fact that the dangers faced by cyclists can be changed - if drivers see a cyclist every 5 minutes vs every 1 hour, the

• CydeWeys 9y ago
  What's also missing from the heroin analogy is that heroin itself is becoming safer as its use becomes widespread. It's made to a higher quality, with more standardized production processes, people know how to measure strength better, and the average person becomes more likely to know a good source for safe heroin that isn't cut with dangerous drugs like fentanyl. Take it to the logical extreme, imagining legalization of heroin and subsequent widespread use and sale in convenience stores, and it'd be way safer, because you'd always be getting a standardized product.
  • Alex3917 9y ago
    > heroin itself is becoming safer as its use becomes widespread That definitely was true for a while, not sure about in the last few years. A less controversial analogy might be with coffee, where the rate of people overdosing is probably lower now that it's no longer mainly used by Sufi mystics in enormous doses for entheogenic purposes.