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> Nobody’s holding a gun to their heads. This is a voluntary transaction. By this logic would should allow heroin to be sold at 7-11's

mschuster91 7y ago
> By this logic would should allow heroin to be sold at 7-11's This would at least eliminate many overdoses due to incredibly varying strength or contaminations, especially fentanyl.
- sp332 7y ago
  That would only happen if there were regulation of the legalized drug. If we kept letting the same people make the same crap-quality drugs, people would keep dying.
  - whatshisface 7y ago
    Bayer would probably put the Zetas, or whoever is making Heroin, out of business with their six-sigma warehouse controls, meetings, and use of powerpoint.
    - catalogia 7y ago
      If Bayer weren't regulated, would you still trust their product?
      - whatshisface 7y ago
        It depends, does the society we're imagining have a working liability system, or does money always win in the courts? FDA regulations come along with protection from liability, so you could imagine two adjustment knobs: one setting Bayer's control over the FDA through regulatory capture, and the other setting Bayer's control over the courts, through procedural loopholes and lawyers outsmarting judges. If both knobs are turned up, drugs will poison you no matter what. If the courts are less controlled than the bureaucracy, then when the bureaucracy awards protection from liability it will be making the drugs more dangerous. If the bureaucracy is less controlled than the courts then you will depend on it to hold back against the companies who know that hurting people will be pure profit if they can sneak through the approval process. If both knobs are turned down, it doesn't matter who is protecting you because you'll be protected.
matz1 7y ago
Of course, all drugs, including heroin should be allowed to be sold at 7-11s.
egdod 7y ago
I’d prefer that to the unwinnable war on drugs.

mschuster91 7y ago

> By this logic would should allow heroin to be sold at 7-11's This would at least eliminate many overdoses due to incredibly varying strength or contaminations, especially fentanyl.

sp332 7y ago
That would only happen if there were regulation of the legalized drug. If we kept letting the same people make the same crap-quality drugs, people would keep dying.
- whatshisface 7y ago
  Bayer would probably put the Zetas, or whoever is making Heroin, out of business with their six-sigma warehouse controls, meetings, and use of powerpoint.
  - catalogia 7y ago
    If Bayer weren't regulated, would you still trust their product?
    - whatshisface 7y ago
      It depends, does the society we're imagining have a working liability system, or does money always win in the courts? FDA regulations come along with protection from liability, so you could imagine two adjustment knobs: one setting Bayer's control over the FDA through regulatory capture, and the other setting Bayer's control over the courts, through procedural loopholes and lawyers outsmarting judges. If both knobs are turned up, drugs will poison you no matter what. If the courts are less controlled than the bureaucracy, then when the bureaucracy awards protection from liability it will be making the drugs more dangerous. If the bureaucracy is less controlled than the courts then you will depend on it to hold back against the companies who know that hurting people will be pure profit if they can sneak through the approval process. If both knobs are turned down, it doesn't matter who is protecting you because you'll be protected.

matz1 7y ago

Of course, all drugs, including heroin should be allowed to be sold at 7-11s.

egdod 7y ago

I’d prefer that to the unwinnable war on drugs.