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In Boston, there is an area called Mass and Cass which is full of drugs users. Crime is endemic as well as rape and overdoses. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021

In Boston, there is an area called Mass and Cass which is full of drugs users. Crime is endemic as well as rape and overdoses. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/10/06/opinion/everyone-wants-problem-mass-cass-go-away-no-one-wants-people/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/10/06/opinion/everyone-want... This exists without anyone ordering their drugs in the darknet. Not sure why crypto is called out for drug problems.

warkdarrior 5y ago
Since that area already exists in Boston, I guess we should do not anything about illegal drugs sold over the Internet.
- smabie 5y ago
  We should: just make them all legal
- ianhawes 5y ago
  Something tells me the amount of drugs purchased with fiat currency is exponentially more than the amount purchased with cryptocurrency. Are we suggesting removing cash because it’s used to buy drugs? No.
  - socrates1024 5y ago
    exponential in what?
  - midev 5y ago
    > Something tells me the amount of drugs purchased with fiat currency is exponentially more than the amount purchased with cryptocurrency. In raw numbers? Sure. Everyone uses fiat and nobody uses cryptocurrenices. If you compare percentage of transactions, though, cryptocurrencies are almost all illegal transactions. Rookie mistake comparing raw numbers and not percentages.
    - henriquez 5y ago
      > cryptocurrencies are almost all illegal transactions. Citation needed.
    - ianhawes 5y ago
      This argument was potentially accurate as late as 2015, but given the fact that Bitcoin is so much easier to purchase and is considered an investment, I think you’re seeing the lawful and legitimate use of Bitcoin much more than for illegal purposes. If your next argument is, “Not every Bitcoin transaction is for illegal purposes but every illegal transaction uses Bitcoin”, the same could be said of cash.
    - smabie 5y ago
      How could you possibly have enough information to claim that "almost all" crypto transactions are illegal? As someone who works in crypto, I find this claim highly dubious.
- stooliepidgin 5y ago
  Nope. Prohibition "War on Drugs" is stupid and wasteful of human lives. It was ordered by Nixon to attack minorities and hippies. Portland and Portugal prove decriminalizing all drugs works. All drugs should be legalized immediately.

warkdarrior 5y ago

Since that area already exists in Boston, I guess we should do not anything about illegal drugs sold over the Internet.

smabie 5y ago
We should: just make them all legal
ianhawes 5y ago
Something tells me the amount of drugs purchased with fiat currency is exponentially more than the amount purchased with cryptocurrency. Are we suggesting removing cash because it’s used to buy drugs? No.
- socrates1024 5y ago
  exponential in what?
- midev 5y ago
  > Something tells me the amount of drugs purchased with fiat currency is exponentially more than the amount purchased with cryptocurrency. In raw numbers? Sure. Everyone uses fiat and nobody uses cryptocurrenices. If you compare percentage of transactions, though, cryptocurrencies are almost all illegal transactions. Rookie mistake comparing raw numbers and not percentages.
  - henriquez 5y ago
    > cryptocurrencies are almost all illegal transactions. Citation needed.
  - ianhawes 5y ago
    This argument was potentially accurate as late as 2015, but given the fact that Bitcoin is so much easier to purchase and is considered an investment, I think you’re seeing the lawful and legitimate use of Bitcoin much more than for illegal purposes. If your next argument is, “Not every Bitcoin transaction is for illegal purposes but every illegal transaction uses Bitcoin”, the same could be said of cash.
  - smabie 5y ago
    How could you possibly have enough information to claim that "almost all" crypto transactions are illegal? As someone who works in crypto, I find this claim highly dubious.
stooliepidgin 5y ago
Nope. Prohibition "War on Drugs" is stupid and wasteful of human lives. It was ordered by Nixon to attack minorities and hippies. Portland and Portugal prove decriminalizing all drugs works. All drugs should be legalized immediately.