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This freewill argument, you can make about a lot of things that are ultimately detrimental to society. Some people are gullible, others ignorant, and others st

This freewill argument, you can make about a lot of things that are ultimately detrimental to society. Some people are gullible, others ignorant, and others still desperate. It's just not a good argument. For example, I don't want all grannies in my town to get swindled out of their property by smooth talking scammers. Your freewill argument would allow for that. I think that is individualism taken to the extreme and is very unnatural and inhuman. As social creatures we care about others, especially because it is detrimental to us if others close to us are hurt.

Nextgrid 6y ago
(Sensible) drug use doesn't hurt anyone else though. Most of the violence surrounding drugs is because the lack of a legal supply chain for it.
- nullsense 6y ago
  https://images.app.goo.gl/Pc8NyKMjaV3MNPyu8 https://images.app.goo.gl/Pc8NyKMjaV3MNPyu8 Tell it to that kid.
  - Nextgrid 6y ago
    But this happened in the current situation where the drugs are considered illegal, so clearly keeping drugs illegal isn't effective at preventing these occurrences, in addition to inciting violence. Decriminalizing drugs wouldn't fully solve the problem of drug abuse either but at least it would significantly reduce the violence surrounding the field, so that's still a net win in my opinion. How many people are hurt because of irresponsible drug use itself compared to being collateral damage as a result of the current (illegal) drug supply chain powered by gangs and violence? I bet the latter is much bigger and decriminalizing drugs would reduce that significantly.