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"Anyone that is addicted to drugs can get the drugs they want, they just have to already be addicted first" All that does is create a perfect window for new us
by standardUser 5y ago
"Anyone that is addicted to drugs can get the drugs they want, they just have to already be addicted first"
All that does is create a perfect window for new users to use tainted black market drugs and die. It's also essentially a government endorsement of the black market and the violence that comes with it. I think we need to move past those cowardly policies and craft laws that respect the reality that drug use will always be part of society. Playing make-believe that we can stop drug production or sales is too expensive (in cash and life) and has been proven comprehensively ineffective over several generations.
- Retric 5y agoIt seriously harms the black market for these drugs. Opioids are an escalating addiction so new users are simply less profitable. Eventually illegal opioids can consume an almost unlimited budget, but shift heavy users to government supply and suddenly it’s a much less profitable business. The Swiss are roughly 1/10th as likely to use opioids as Americans and of their users ~85% are in rehab. Relatively speaking it’s a tiny illegal drug market.