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That’s why some drugs are illegal. Addiction causes many people to generally destroy their lives and many of those to resort to crime.
by cameldrv 5y ago
That’s why some drugs are illegal. Addiction causes many people to generally destroy their lives and many of those to resort to crime.
- mc32 5y agoA better option would be the ability to "cure" people of addiction --we can't. It's hard work for most people and we don't have magic cure pills. I am for criminalizing the sale of hard drugs, but not the consumption. Criminalizing consumption is lose-lose. Recreational drugs like Alcohol and MJ and others, as long as they are regulated and not highly addictive for the majority of the population, I don't think we'd benefit from criminalizing (see Prohibition and War on Drugs results). We would benefit more from programs to treat addition as ineffectual as they are.
- scollet 5y agoThis doesn't explain a lot. Alcoholism and gambling both fit the bill. Even for those, adequate counseling and social support don't exist, practically, in the US. This is the infrastructure of society that bleeds when pressed, and many people could do with legal variants, or safe spaces to confront addiction.
- cameldrv 5y agoAlcohol and gambling are both heavily regulated. Gambling was illegal in almost all of the U.S. until about 50 years ago, and it has only recently become widespread. Alcohol was entirely banned for a number of years and even today there are counties where you can’t buy alcohol. Even where you can there are many restrictions on hours of sale, licensing, etc.
- scollet 5y agoI'm not following.