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Why is that a good idea? Is drug tourism necessarily a bad thing?

by aqme28 7y ago

kypro 7y ago
Probably because not everyone is okay with thousands of people coming to their city every year just to take drugs.
- Scoundreller 7y ago
  Isn’t that Oktoberfest?
  - hansjorg 7y ago
    Alcohol's not a drug, it's a drink.
    - cocoggu 7y ago
      You can dissolve MDMA in water, making it a drink. LSD is often liquid before being deposited on a stamp. Molecules are what matters, not the structure or state, and alcohol (like tobacco) is effectively a drug.
    - smcl 7y ago
      I'm far from a puritan - I thoroughly enjoy my beer (and rum, and slivovice ...etc) - but let's be honest, the addictive properties of alcohol together with the societal, social and physical damage that it can cause either match or exceed substances which are otherwise treated as "drugs". This is not to say I think alcohol should be banned or more strongly controlled, but rather that we should really rethink how we harshly we view things like cannabis
    - EForEndeavour 7y ago
      Ethanol is literally a psychoactive recreational drug.
      - deleted 7y ago
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    - mtarnovan 7y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_(drug) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_(drug)
    - 420codebro 7y ago
      Lol what a dummy.
    - MrsPeaches 7y ago
      For those of you who may not know the reference it’s from Chris Morris’s Brass Eye https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MIAJemmO-bg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MIAJemmO-bg
dep_b 7y ago
Well the idea isn't that bad, but people seem to think if one or two forbidden things are possible then all of a sudden everything that was forbidden is possible. You'll end up with Amsterdam. Also problematic is the fact that in a lot of countries everything is outlawed so they might go looking for hard drugs where soft drugs are being sold. I've seen enough tourists seen thrown(1) out of a coffeeshop for asking any kind of hard drugs. What they don't find in coffeeshops they do find with street dealers. (1) yes, flying
lm28469 7y ago
On an ecological level tourism is a bad thing yes. Now maybe it'd be good for the economy or whatever but I don't think making $ should be the priority. Plus Luxembourg isn't really in need of money.
- futureastronaut 7y ago
  That really depends on your definition of tourism...
  - lm28469 7y ago
    Do you have a definition of tourism that doesn't imply travelling ? The only point of comparison I have is amsterdam and people are definitely flying/road tripping there for short "drug vacations" (I genuinely think everyone I know has been there at least once for that purpose), which in my book is not so good for the environment and a more than debatable reason to fly/drive hundreds of kms.

Why is that a good idea? Is drug tourism necessarily a bad thing?

by aqme28 7y ago

Why is that a good idea? Is drug tourism necessarily a bad thing?

kypro 7y ago

Probably because not everyone is okay with thousands of people coming to their city every year just to take drugs.

Scoundreller 7y ago
Isn’t that Oktoberfest?
- hansjorg 7y ago
  Alcohol's not a drug, it's a drink.
  - cocoggu 7y ago
    You can dissolve MDMA in water, making it a drink. LSD is often liquid before being deposited on a stamp. Molecules are what matters, not the structure or state, and alcohol (like tobacco) is effectively a drug.
  - smcl 7y ago
    I'm far from a puritan - I thoroughly enjoy my beer (and rum, and slivovice ...etc) - but let's be honest, the addictive properties of alcohol together with the societal, social and physical damage that it can cause either match or exceed substances which are otherwise treated as "drugs". This is not to say I think alcohol should be banned or more strongly controlled, but rather that we should really rethink how we harshly we view things like cannabis
  - EForEndeavour 7y ago
    Ethanol is literally a psychoactive recreational drug.
    - deleted 7y ago
      [deleted]
  - mtarnovan 7y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_(drug) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_(drug)
  - 420codebro 7y ago
    Lol what a dummy.
  - MrsPeaches 7y ago
    For those of you who may not know the reference it’s from Chris Morris’s Brass Eye https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MIAJemmO-bg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MIAJemmO-bg

dep_b 7y ago

Well the idea isn't that bad, but people seem to think if one or two forbidden things are possible then all of a sudden everything that was forbidden is possible. You'll end up with Amsterdam. Also problematic is the fact that in a lot of countries everything is outlawed so they might go looking for hard drugs where soft drugs are being sold. I've seen enough tourists seen thrown(1) out of a coffeeshop for asking any kind of hard drugs. What they don't find in coffeeshops they do find with street dealers. (1) yes, flying

lm28469 7y ago

On an ecological level tourism is a bad thing yes. Now maybe it'd be good for the economy or whatever but I don't think making $ should be the priority. Plus Luxembourg isn't really in need of money.

futureastronaut 7y ago
That really depends on your definition of tourism...
- lm28469 7y ago
  Do you have a definition of tourism that doesn't imply travelling ? The only point of comparison I have is amsterdam and people are definitely flying/road tripping there for short "drug vacations" (I genuinely think everyone I know has been there at least once for that purpose), which in my book is not so good for the environment and a more than debatable reason to fly/drive hundreds of kms.