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Prescription of some kind, maybe in a similar but less permissive vein as medical marijuana, seems right to me too. I'm pretty much in favor of letting people
by agentwiggles 4y ago
Prescription of some kind, maybe in a similar but less permissive vein as medical marijuana, seems right to me too.
I'm pretty much in favor of letting people decide what goes into their bodies but I can't see a lot of benefits to freely available fentanyl. But I would definitely like to see an approach that decriminalizes addiction. It's a really tough nut to crack though. Not sure what the best approach is.
One of the purported benefits of legalization is that you eliminate some of the black market incentives for distribution. Prescriptions still leave room for a black market so I'm not sure they solve much... I'd be interested to hear arguments for any approach that could make the problem better.
- version_five 4y ago> freely available fentanyl I posted up-thread and want to clarify. Fentanyl and other strong synthetic opiates are mostly the product of heroin or opium being illegal. Decriminalized heroin would mean that opiate addicts would not have to resort to sketchy drugs to get high.
- wyre 4y agoI don’t think it would. Fentanyl is on the streets because it is cheaper, stronger, and easier to smuggle than heroin is. Decriminalized heroin wouldn’t stop dealers from cutting their supply with fentanyl which is the main cause of opioid overdoses afaik. Regulated, controlled, and accessible fentanyl would mean addicts can safely get high.