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As an individual there is an ethical choice to abstain that is outside of criminalization and societal morality. It is similar choice to not eating meat because
by adolph 3y ago
As an individual there is an ethical choice to abstain that is outside of criminalization and societal morality. It is similar choice to not eating meat because factory farms lead to poor treatment of other beings. It is similar to riding a bike instead of driving a car.
- rjbwork 3y agoAbstention from drug consumption is absolutely not an ethical imperative. In fact, if anything, given what we know about the immense quality of life improvements from various psychoactive substances for a broad range of humans, both of nominal neurological makeup and those of neurodivergence, it may be a moral imperative to modulate our cognitive function. Regardless, it is absolutely not immoral or unethical to consume drugs. What is immoral, is imposing the negative consequences of prohibition upon society because of your particular moral code. You want to lock people in a cage at the end of a gun because you disagree with the choices they make for their own bodies. It is authoritarian shite of the highest degree.
- vhlhvjcov 3y agoThis is false dichotomy. In both meat eating and driving those activities have inherent harm, eating meat will cause animals harm, driving a car will cause pollution and release of GHG. The harm of the drugs trade (on a societal level) is _due to its illegality_ I.e. it is run by criminals.