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> he'd ignore people carrying a kilo gram of weed This is an unequivocally reasonable approach. The prohibition of cannabis is a grotesque charade.
by rexpop 3mo ago
> he'd ignore people carrying a kilo gram of weed
This is an unequivocally reasonable approach. The prohibition of cannabis is a grotesque charade.
- angry_octet 3mo agoA kilo of weed is clearly a dealer, and part of organised crime. The same people are deeply involved in forced sex work and people trafficking, extortion, illegal weapons, etc. There is a clear difference between end users and small time dealers and the distributors.
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- megous 3mo agoSo prosecute them for those other things, no? Instead of helping criminals grow their business by banning non-harmful stuff and giving them monetary growth opprotunities.
- angry_octet 3mo agoCrime benefits from network effects even more than regular businesses, you have to attack them via every opportunity. However you are putting words in my mouth, in a typical American style of prosecution-->banning. It is quite possible to legalise and regulate marijuana. American halfway legalisation creates an industry which funds OC and can't be prosecuted. Canadian legalisation creates a revenue source for the provincial governments while providing vertical integration and control, and the volume of illegal weed has plummeted.
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- gaiagraphia 3mo agoI personally would like the police to come down hard on unauthorised and unregulated chemists. Not a fan of dealers being tax exempt, either, given the negative externalities their services provide.
- pluralmonad 3mo agoWhy fuss over "unregulated" chemists when the vast majority of harms come directly from officially licensed and regulated industry? I don't think cannabis dealers have ever poisoned entire towns or ecosystems. The facade of regulated safety must be more important.
- wqaatwt 3mo agoWhy fuss over anyone committing lesser harm when there is something worse happening somewhere else?
- pluralmonad 3mo agoIt's not whataboutism. It's poking at the idea that "regulation" doesn't enshrine and enable harms. But by all means, inject lawyers into all aspects of human life. That will surely improve things.
- gaiagraphia 3mo agoWhen I go to a bar, I appreciate not having to order 'one alcohol, please', and getting a clear bottle of odourless mystery liquid. I don't have time to be an expert in every subject. I appreciate using the collective power of society to put stamps of approval on things, so I can use language with an element of trust. If I want to smoke, I want to know what I'm smoking, and don't want to waste time trying to work out the exact chemical composition. I'm not sure why anybody wouldn't want that control over their bodies. I quite like the idea of words actually having meanings which are enforced, and not being vague concepts coined on the street by people who don't have me or my community at heart.