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the crazy war on drugs and stigma is something I never really understood. Why do I when I take for example mdma, a drug that just makes me feel happy and loved,
by dvcrn 8y ago
the crazy war on drugs and stigma is something I never really understood. Why do I when I take for example mdma, a drug that just makes me feel happy and loved, become a criminal and can go to prison? This just seems so weird. And then we have alcohol and cigarettes which are even more damaging to your body than a lot of things, and it’s completely fine.
I’d say it should be up choice. If you want to take substance x over alcohol, take it.
Controlling and encouraging safe usage is the way to go. People that want to take drugs will find and take them anyway.
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- merinowool 8y agoI hope one day those who push war on drugs are recognised for the damage they have caused and all the deception that is going on will be exposed and heads will roll.
- nine_k 8y agoDid any heads roll when The Prohibition was finally considered a failure?
- merinowool 8y agoSadly, no
- Smudgya 8y agoIf alcohol and cigarettes had been invented today, they would most certainly not be legal. Cars probably also wouldn't be legal.
- hh3k0 8y ago> Why do I when I take for example mdma, a drug that just makes me feel happy and loved, become a criminal and can go to prison? Not arguing pro war on drugs here, but there's more to mdma: > Results show that oxytocin creates intergroup bias because oxytocin motivates in-group favoritism and, to a lesser extent, out-group derogation. These findings call into question the view of oxytocin as an indiscriminate “love drug” or “cuddle chemical” and suggest that oxytocin has a role in the emergence of intergroup conflict and violence. Source: Oxytocin promotes human ethnocentrism http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/01/06/1015316108 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/01/06/1015316108