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You'd think we would have learned from alcohol prohibition that banning a drug a large number of people want popularizes more dangerous alternatives.
by Zak 5y ago
You'd think we would have learned from alcohol prohibition that banning a drug a large number of people want popularizes more dangerous alternatives.
- dogma1138 5y agoDesigner drugs/“Bath Salts” are a problem including in many places which have legalized or decriminalized marijuana. One of the biggest obstacles to preventing them from hitting the streets is the fact that you can legally import them and quite often sell them as they are not restricted substances. By the time authorities identify the substance and put it on a restricted list a new formulation appears. Having the ability to predict formulations of these drugs might be quite a useful tool.
- piva00 5y agoSounds like a very expensive and multilayered game of whack-a-mole.