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>If you're craving a drug and it's sold in a convenient store around the corner Decriminalization means it's not illegal to possess, not that it's legal to sel
by uoaei 9y ago
>If you're craving a drug and it's sold in a convenient store around the corner
Decriminalization means it's not illegal to possess, not that it's legal to sell. An important distinction in these sorts of discussions.
- kelnos 9y agoShouldn't it, though? Otherwise you still have the crime and violence associated with drug use. It's certainly better than having possession also criminalized, but is it good enough? I'm not so sure. I would suggest that maybe it's ok to continue to criminalize the sale of the more dangerous stuff, say of Schedule I drugs, but... well, marijuana is still on the Sched I list, so it's not like that list is particular scientifically rigorous.