yup. quality control and regulating the conditions under which the drug is produced makes sense to prevent harmful things from happening when you buy and use st

yup. quality control and regulating the conditions under which the drug is produced makes sense to prevent harmful things from happening when you buy and use stuff that is dubious (fentanyl-laced crap comes to mind). setting aside the normalization of certain drugs like alcohol and sugar that are, imho, very dangerous, the test for me would be: how harmful is drug X to society through the lens of the non-consumer (i.e. everything that only causes harm to the individual that consumes it without causing harm to society should be allowed, no exceptions. stuff that has the potential to cause harm to society members that don't take the drug - e.g. PCP should have some guardrails around it). in the US people like to talk about freedom this, freedom that, but ultimately they are not free. Free in my opinion is to be able to do whatever the frack you want without impacting others.