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I personally don’t want somebody supplying goods to customers who want them, coming together in a consensual transaction jailed. Where one person then decides t
by bunfunton 6y ago
I personally don’t want somebody supplying goods to customers who want them, coming together in a consensual transaction jailed. Where one person then decides to alter their own brain chemistry with their own consent. 5 years not long? Ok.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y agoBy that logic, would you be okay with people supplying random people with tons of explosive? I mean, it's supplying goods to customers who want them.
- tchaffee 6y ago> Where one person then decides to alter their own brain chemistry
- TheAdamAndChe 6y agoThere are large social impacts to lots of individuals choosing to alter their brain chemistry, just as there would be large impacts from distributing explosives. Individuals don't live in a vacuum.
- tchaffee 6y agoWell yes there are. We have seen that with both alcohol and sugar. And with alcohol we have seen how horribly wrong it goes when you try to treat a medical problem - addiction - by using the legal system. It doesn't work.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y agoYour comment implies that most people drink alcohol because of addiction, which isn't the case. Most people drink it for novelty or entertainment. Addiction isn't the only reason people take drugs, so only addressing or dissuading addiction wouldn't fix the social problems that arise from ubiquitous drug use.
- tchaffee 6y ago> Your comment implies that most people drink alcohol because of addiction, which isn't the case. No it doesn't. You might have wrongly inferred that though. > Most people drink it for novelty or entertainment. And? So what? What do you suggest be done differently in the case of alcohol? > only addressing or dissuading addiction wouldn't fix the social problems that arise from ubiquitous drug use. Take a look at how Switzerland took an out of control and growing youth heroin use problem and turned it into a medical issue that young people have zero interest in. Also what are are the exact "social problems" you are trying to fix that come from wide spread drug use? Please give concrete examples. Because based on history, I'm almost certain the problems you are trying to fix won't get fixed by making things against the law. The legal system is not the only tool in the toolbox.
- bunfunton 6y agoMost people also use drugs (safely) for novelty or entertainment. And what's wrong with that?