3 ms·
> The data are unambiguous: prohibition doesn't work, never has, never will Does it mean that all drugs should be freely sold? I have no doubt that cannabis sh
by yodsanklai 12y ago
> The data are unambiguous: prohibition doesn't work, never has, never will
Does it mean that all drugs should be freely sold? I have no doubt that cannabis should be legal: not only is it relatively harmless, but it's very easy to grow. But what about other more addictive and dangerous drugs?
- MartinCron 12y agoWe are always drawing lines of what things are and are not permissible. You can move the line to the other side of pot without erasing it entirely.
- lisper 12y ago> Does it mean that all drugs should be freely sold? No. Ron's First Law still applies: all extreme positions are wrong.
- SnacksOnAPlane 12y agoI would say yes. Most of the problems we have with drugs are a result of drugs being illegal. If heroin addicts were able to buy a known product, unadulterated, at a reasonable price, we would have less crime and fewer ODs. And absolutely no one would try "bath salts" when they could get safe, researched, legal highs. If the argument is that everyone would just become drug addicts, I would argue that a hell of a lot of us already are drug addicts, just addicts to more socially acceptable drugs. And if reality can't compete with drugs, reality should step up its game.