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lol. here is a crazy idea: make them legal. also, decriminalization is usually a step towards legalization. because it's too much to straigh-up legalize them.

lol. here is a crazy idea: make them legal. also, decriminalization is usually a step towards legalization. because it's too much to straigh-up legalize them. also, it's beyond me how some people can get on their high horses about what drugs are okay (alcohol? coffee?) and what drugs are not okay. we should have figured this out by now - but seems that we're going to need more time /s

sharken 5y ago
Actually not that crazy an idea and the aspect that decriminalization makes interaction with criminals necessary, should be enough to skip this idea. So legalization seems to be the way forward, i do wonder what organized crime will do in response. The most lucrative crimes are Counterfeit goods, drug trafficking and human trafficking according to this source. https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/6240-ngo-transnational-organized-crime-groups-make-us-2-2-trillion-a-year https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/6240-ngo-transnational-organi...
- rantwasp 5y ago
  anecdotal evidence: in WA state where weed is legal, I have not heard of anyone buying weed on the street. Why would you risk it when you have good quality stuff that you can buy in a safe location? so you decriminalize it first and after that you make it straight up legal. Organized crime is going to move to other things in response. There is a risk/reward curve.
  - sharken 5y ago
    Absolutely, and here the reward for legalizing some drugs seems greater than the risk. I suppose Meth and Crack are not on the list of legalized drugs, which means that half of all drug offenses will not be affected. Still, halving drug offenses is not a bad result. Source: https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/research-and-publications/research-publications/2021/FY20_Overview_Federal_Criminal_Cases.pdf https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/research-and-pu...
austhrow743 5y ago
Why lol?

sharken 5y ago

Actually not that crazy an idea and the aspect that decriminalization makes interaction with criminals necessary, should be enough to skip this idea. So legalization seems to be the way forward, i do wonder what organized crime will do in response. The most lucrative crimes are Counterfeit goods, drug trafficking and human trafficking according to this source. https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/6240-ngo-transnational-organized-crime-groups-make-us-2-2-trillion-a-year https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/6240-ngo-transnational-organi...

rantwasp 5y ago
anecdotal evidence: in WA state where weed is legal, I have not heard of anyone buying weed on the street. Why would you risk it when you have good quality stuff that you can buy in a safe location? so you decriminalize it first and after that you make it straight up legal. Organized crime is going to move to other things in response. There is a risk/reward curve.
- sharken 5y ago
  Absolutely, and here the reward for legalizing some drugs seems greater than the risk. I suppose Meth and Crack are not on the list of legalized drugs, which means that half of all drug offenses will not be affected. Still, halving drug offenses is not a bad result. Source: https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/research-and-publications/research-publications/2021/FY20_Overview_Federal_Criminal_Cases.pdf https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/research-and-pu...

austhrow743 5y ago

Why lol?