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Just picking your comment as one of a number of similar examples to reply to. Apologies if I’ve misunderstood the intent of these comments, but —- what is the
by nimbleal 6y ago
Just picking your comment as one of a number of similar examples to reply to.
Apologies if I’ve misunderstood the intent of these comments, but —- what is the argument that connects “alcohol is more destructive” to “cannabis (and perhaps other drugs) should be legalised everywhere”? To me, without some connecting argument it seems to be a non-sequitur.
- DanBC 6y agoAlcohol is harmful. Illegal alcohol is more harmful. We need to stop treating substance misuse as a criminal justice matter and start treating it as a public health problem.
- blub 6y agoThe only wide-spread health problems we ever solved as a species were solved through medication (vaccines, antibiotics, etc). Heart disease, obesity, diabetes continue to be wide spread in spite of efforts to contain them. Meanwhile smoking has been controlled through tight regulation and negative PR. There's nothing preventing us from treating substance abuse as both and indeed it's likely more effective.
- DanBC 6y ago> Meanwhile smoking has been controlled through tight regulation and negative PR. "Legalise drugs" does not mean provide them for free to anyone who asks with no controls at all on their supply or use. smoking hasn't been controlled through "tight regulation", it's been controlled through the public health measure of price increase.