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I think there's a bit more at play. Let's contrast with buying hard drugs like meth. If you want to buy meth, you have to figure out how to get in contact with
by kstrauser 2y ago
I think there's a bit more at play. Let's contrast with buying hard drugs like meth. If you want to buy meth, you have to figure out how to get in contact with the sorts of people who'll be holding it. That means hanging out where they hang out and blending in to the point they trust you. By the time you've done all that, you've got some sunk costs invested in making connections with drug dealers. You're kind of bought into the whole ecosystem.
In places where weed is legal, you can go into a store, buy some, try it, and if you decide it's not for you, just don't do it again. I don't use weed, but yesterday I walked into a liquor store to buy a stout beer I like. I didn't have to hang out and party with the clerk to get her to trust me enough to sell me my beer. I gave her some money, she handed me a shopping bag, and that's the end of it. That's what it's like buying weed from a dispensary now.
TL;DR if you don't have to hang out with drug dealers to buy drugs, you might be less inclined to buy more stuff from drug dealers.
- dfxm12 2y agoTo add, dealers aren't referred to as "pushers" for no reason, either.
- kstrauser 2y agoGood point. No one at a beer store has ever tried to talk me into buying more than I wanted, except maybe boredly pointing to some display and saying "we have X on sale if you want some."
- throwup238 2y ago> By the time you've done all that, you've got some sunk costs invested in making connections with drug dealers. You're kind of bought into the whole ecosystem. Shortcut: go the biggest hospital near you and find the fast food joint nearest the ER entrance. The drug users discharged after OD treatment will gather there and the dealers find then.
- kstrauser 2y agoYou know, that's the kind of thing that seems perfectly obvious once you've pointed it out, but it wouldn't have occurred to me.
- throwup238 2y agoYeah, I only know because I was the emergency contact for a close friend who overdosed. When picking him up I asked the nurse about a cheap place to eat afterwards and she warned me to stay away from the closest fast food joints lest he find a way to relapse immediately.
- gitaarik 2y agoWell people don't go out looking for a Meth dealer because they suddenly got the idea of using Meth. It doesn't go like that. You go to parties with friends and they use Meth and they introduce you to it and eventually connect you to a dealer.