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That's the libertarian approach, which says legalize everything, tax everything. Am with you on it, although am not sure, how that would work with hard drugs (

That's the libertarian approach, which says legalize everything, tax everything. Am with you on it, although am not sure, how that would work with hard drugs ( cocaine,mushrooms,LSD, ecstasy,heroin). Again within hard drugs - cocaine is vastly different from doing LSD. A single dose of LSD in a bad setting could mess your psyche up for life. What you are doing is choosing the better of two evils.I would rather buy a pure form of LSD from Pfizer that one from a street dealer with a nefarious source and containing crap knows what!

donw 7y ago
I'd say more pragmatic than purely libertarian. :) You still need a regulatory framework, and I would strongly argue for compulsory education on drug use, not to mention treatment programs, all of which should be funded through use taxes. Otherwise, though, I agree very much with the libertarians that that empowering individuals to make their own life-choices is far more beneficial to society than criminalization and prohibition.
- sharadov 7y ago
  I think when you give people the facts and remove the stigma and the "mystery" surrounding drugs, you will get people to start making wise choices - to counteract it you need a sound education policy, not the fear-mongering that goes in the name of education now.
- tryitnow 7y ago
  Thanks for making that distinction. I think the purely libertarian approach has the risk to do more harm than good. Without education, social support, and access to mental health care, a drug free-for-all could very well lead to such disastrous results that there is a backlash that returns us right back to criminalization and prohibition.
Haga 7y ago
Drugs are one of the stomache is not allowed to digest the stomach moments of a free society. If a substance rewrites your free will, should you be allowed to vote on it post rewrite? Or should the old ship of Theseus specify conditions for the i validation of the opinion of its future self?

donw 7y ago

I'd say more pragmatic than purely libertarian. :) You still need a regulatory framework, and I would strongly argue for compulsory education on drug use, not to mention treatment programs, all of which should be funded through use taxes. Otherwise, though, I agree very much with the libertarians that that empowering individuals to make their own life-choices is far more beneficial to society than criminalization and prohibition.

sharadov 7y ago
I think when you give people the facts and remove the stigma and the "mystery" surrounding drugs, you will get people to start making wise choices - to counteract it you need a sound education policy, not the fear-mongering that goes in the name of education now.
tryitnow 7y ago
Thanks for making that distinction. I think the purely libertarian approach has the risk to do more harm than good. Without education, social support, and access to mental health care, a drug free-for-all could very well lead to such disastrous results that there is a backlash that returns us right back to criminalization and prohibition.

Haga 7y ago

Drugs are one of the stomache is not allowed to digest the stomach moments of a free society. If a substance rewrites your free will, should you be allowed to vote on it post rewrite? Or should the old ship of Theseus specify conditions for the i validation of the opinion of its future self?