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The harm done by criminal penalties exceeds the harm done by any possible bad effects of using psychedelics by a huge margin. To claim otherwise is intellectual
by woah 7y ago
The harm done by criminal penalties exceeds the harm done by any possible bad effects of using psychedelics by a huge margin. To claim otherwise is intellectually dishonest.
- dvt 7y agoThis claim isn't obvious at all (let alone its converse being intellectually dishonest). You're acting as if justice and law enforcement is made up of solely either stupid or nefarious people.
- dooglius 7y agoIt is Congress, which makes the laws, that is made up of stupid/nefarious individuals.
- t-writescode 7y agoOr well-meaning but with catastrophic, negative effects for some people. Emergent systems are absolutely a thing; and even when they’re not, some people’s lives can be truly ruined by punishment beyond their measure.