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Treating major and life-changing diseases like Alzheimer’s and epilepsy is completely different from legalising drugs for partying and tripping. Calling other

by zahrc 7y ago

Treating major and life-changing diseases like Alzheimer’s and epilepsy is completely different from legalising drugs for partying and tripping. Calling other moralists with negative intent, because they disagree with you is not very constructive and contributing to anything. Critics of certain drugs do certainly have good reasoning. LSD may not be as damaging as alcohol, heroin or crystal meth, but it’s certainly proven to boost psychosis episodes.

AngryData 7y ago
I don't find it good reasoning, pretty much all drugs can exasperate mental health issues. It doesn't make people violent or dangerous, I would consider alcohol far more dangerous than LSD.
- ianai 7y ago
  I’m for changing the prohibition laws just to bankrupt the drug cartels. The dark market is the main problem. It’s why alcohol prohibition was undone.
- Throw_Away_5482 7y ago
  Alcohol can't give you psychosis after taking it only one time (or it is at least far less likely. It also can't give you persistent hallucinations[1] or permanently change your personality[2]. (In most cases these changes may appear positive, but there is probably potential for negative personality changes, too.) [1]: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/11/lots-of-people-going-around-with-mild-hallucinations-all-the-time/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/11/lots-of-people-going-a... [2]: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-017-4733-3 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-017-4733-3
  - CuriouslyC 7y ago
    You can die your first time driving a car if you're an idiot too but we don't outlaw cars for everyone because idiots exist.
CuriouslyC 7y ago
And I can accidentally stab myself with a knife, or crash a car, or slip and crack my skull on a hard surface, or a million other things. Life is dangerous, and there are a nearly infinite number of things more dangerous than these drugs. This moralism isn't about safety, it's about control, and because of that it's ironically immoral as fuck.

by zahrc 7y ago

AngryData 7y ago

I don't find it good reasoning, pretty much all drugs can exasperate mental health issues. It doesn't make people violent or dangerous, I would consider alcohol far more dangerous than LSD.

ianai 7y ago
I’m for changing the prohibition laws just to bankrupt the drug cartels. The dark market is the main problem. It’s why alcohol prohibition was undone.
Throw_Away_5482 7y ago
Alcohol can't give you psychosis after taking it only one time (or it is at least far less likely. It also can't give you persistent hallucinations[1] or permanently change your personality[2]. (In most cases these changes may appear positive, but there is probably potential for negative personality changes, too.) [1]: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/11/lots-of-people-going-around-with-mild-hallucinations-all-the-time/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/11/lots-of-people-going-a... [2]: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-017-4733-3 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-017-4733-3
- CuriouslyC 7y ago
  You can die your first time driving a car if you're an idiot too but we don't outlaw cars for everyone because idiots exist.

CuriouslyC 7y ago

And I can accidentally stab myself with a knife, or crash a car, or slip and crack my skull on a hard surface, or a million other things. Life is dangerous, and there are a nearly infinite number of things more dangerous than these drugs. This moralism isn't about safety, it's about control, and because of that it's ironically immoral as fuck.