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So we're shutting down Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Altria, and Anheuser Busch? It seems as a society we have other thoughts on what the sensible thing to do with dru
by fleitz 12y ago
So we're shutting down Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Altria, and Anheuser Busch?
It seems as a society we have other thoughts on what the sensible thing to do with drugs is, namely, let users of it use it as long as they don't harm others.
Using drugs and being high in public is as common as coffee on the morning commute, to paraphrase Coca-Cola, getting high in public is the real thing.
- AnthonyMouse 12y ago> It seems as a society we have other thoughts on what the sensible thing to do with drugs is, namely, let users of it use it as long as they don't harm others. Drug users do harm others. People crash their vehicles into pedestrians or put psychoactive or harmful substances into the air without the consent of others or commit robbery for money to buy drugs. Alcohol and cigarettes belong in exactly the same category. Blanket prohibitions just don't work to prevent the harm. It only leads to the rise of organized crime. But permitting the substances while discouraging their use is quite effective -- as has been demonstrated in the recent past with the reduction in cigarette smoking in the US. This is also why there is never any objection to caffeine. People drinking coffee has essentially zero capacity for harm to third parties.
- fleitz 12y ago> Alcohol and cigarettes belong in exactly the same category. I hear Iran and Saudi Arabia are lovely this time of year.
- AnthonyMouse 12y ago> I hear Iran and Saudi Arabia are lovely this time of year. I hear Sealand is cold and lonely year round.