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You say cocaine should not be OTC, but possession and use should be legal. It sounds like you accept some level of cocaine use as inevitable. Then why would you
by bondarchuk 5y ago
You say cocaine should not be OTC, but possession and use should be legal. It sounds like you accept some level of cocaine use as inevitable. Then why would you make it so that cocaine users are forced to finance criminal organizations?
- wil421 5y agoI would like for you to reread my comment. The second paragraph. Not OTC per-say. Instead of using a stick governments need to use a carrot.
- bondarchuk 5y agoI got that, but I think either the state-provided coke is so easy to get that you might as well just call it "OTC", or else it is so difficult to get that you will have an illegal market anyway. Unless I'm misunderstanding something. edit: Specifically, I'm not sure if combining the sale of drugs and the drug cessation treatment is the way to go. We don't do that with alcohol for example. Don't you think that most of what you want to achieve can be done by separating the two, where indeed drug cessation treatment is provided as part of the normal medical care system (but sale isn't)? Except (sorry if I put words in your mouth, consider it a general observation) you will have to let go of the idea that you must at all costs make those people who are wilfully and with informed consent using drugs stop using drugs.
- wil421 5y agoYea it would be OTC if you take some mandatory drug education and learning how to be safe about things. Maybe attend some group meetings about their problems. Some would also need social education to get back into society.
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoIf the legal prices were very cheap, this might work. Do I have to attend a class once, or every time I want to get something? If it’s too onerous many might still use the black market and you haven’t solved the problem. The devil is in the details.