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You're assuming they will redirect that money. At least in America, even if you decriminalize something, there's something akin to the military industrial comp
by dontbenebby 4y ago
You're assuming they will redirect that money.
At least in America, even if you decriminalize something, there's something akin to the military industrial complex with healthcare -- they think becauase they felt ENTITLED to work in the medical field, and racked up debt, they should able to cause people to die of depression as they're punished for making healthy decisions.
For example, if I'd woken up yesterday and had a bowl of CBG rich, high THC indica, then did email for two hours, then did two hours of coding, I could do enough knowledge work to earn my housing and food for the week.
Instead I'm running around throwing coffees on credit cards because when I tried to do things "by the book" in my home state of PA, anytime I start to make a healthy decision, someone with a vested interst tries to knock me off kilter.
(Congrats! I'm sitting in a café in my neighborhood nursing wounds from a hate crime, with a can of mace in my backpack, as the entire world seems to lose their minds. Is this the cyberpunk future we envisioned, or are Netflix and weed the new bread and circuses?)
- anaisbetts 4y agoIn America, you're right - this entire strategy falls on its face because there is no guaranteed public healthcare. America cannot solve the drug problem until it solves its healthcare problem
- zackees 4y agoRight and the supply of drugs is not a factor and should be allowed to flow freely because science.
- redanddead 4y agoYou code while high? How's it like? Do you feel more creative and are able to solve problems?
- spiralx 4y agoI can code on ketamine as long as I'm not doing anything novel nor dealing with something that requires a global, holistic view of a system and its interactions. Once you've done something for long enough it becomes subconscious, so as long as I'm still able to type code in and see what I've typed (to correct all the mistakes lol) it's possible to program while under the influence.
- netizen-936824 4y agoHaha an NMDA antagonist would be my last choice for problem solving, but I suppose that's what you mean by nothing novel
- spiralx 4y agoIt's like being a junior developer again, blundering through the codebase to fix some problem, which I do through brute-force coding, laser-focused on the goal, heedless of any broader considerations :) LSD has the opposite problem where it's too easy to go down a refactoring wormhole or just get sucked into the internet because you read something on Medium and needed to know MORE.
- alar44 4y agoMaybe? I usually don't (not parent) but it definitely gets me around brick walls sometimes if I'm having trouble thinking outside of the box and a different strategy is needed. It can make boring problems seem more interesting too. Overall, I wouldn't say it's harmful, but it's not like it's enhancing much either. Ymmv.