I’ve always been on the side of “legalize all drugs” for two reasons: safety of consumption and reducing the funding of violent organizations (cartels, gangs et

I’ve always been on the side of “legalize all drugs” for two reasons: safety of consumption and reducing the funding of violent organizations (cartels, gangs etc.) Cocaine is an interesting case study here because (especially in the US) unlike crystal meth, purity varies wildly. You can get two grams from two different dealers in the same neighborhood and one might be 20% pure or 60% pure. Beyond that, the impurities that make up the remaining 40-80% vary just as much. You could be snorting virtually any white powder be it baby formula, maltose powder, de-worming medication, antibiotics, etc. To call it unsafe is a huge understatement, especially now that fentanyl has showed up in some batches! Beyond that, I am not a fan of cartels that chop people up and burn bodies in mass graves! I would prefer they had fewer resources. Decriminalization does not address either of these issues. While I like that it addresses the pointless hamster wheel of arresting end users, it does not even attempt to address any other issue, which I find very shortsighted.