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If heroin and meth were "legal" in the sense of they being freely dispensed in special places and surely taken under supervision, you'd see a lot less violence
by tartoran 7y ago
If heroin and meth were "legal" in the sense of they being freely dispensed in special places and surely taken under supervision, you'd see a lot less violence caused by its users. That could be the starting point to get people off drugs, the same places could have get off drugs programs. The problem is that nobody really cares and the war on drugs causes more problems than it creates.
- koolba 7y agoThis has been tried with safe injection sites to mixed results. There seems to be a reduction in overdoses but also a rise in crime in the areas. Given the choice, it’s rationale that non-users in the area wouldn’t want that bargain.
- therealx 7y agoSafe injection sites don't decriminalize the purchasing, so the price structure stays prohibitively high and the social cost stays high.
- koolba 7y agoHeroin is already cheap. Unless you’re going to literally give it away you’ll always have people committing crimes to subsidize a fix. https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/heroin-addiction/how-much-is-heroin/ https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/heroin-addiction/how-much...