• @webghost0101
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    10 months ago

    I see the “drugs are bad” comment jn your history…

    Oppression of drugs is bad and makes the problem worse while criminals get rich.

    This is quite literally the way if we want a healthier society with less drug related problems and crime. Asks scientist and people who work gave experience working with addicts.

    Criminalization creates taboo, which means people hide from help and lie that they don’t have a problem instead of looking for a way out. They are paranoid to tell their medical professionals the truth because they fear the state and police.

    The glorification of some aspects of drug culture is a side effect of this. So yes drugs might get more visible in society but the toxicity in the drugs will be less, the damage they do will be contained, social safety will be more prevalent as people stop hiding their use and help to recognize their problem and quit will be open and accessible.

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      Your well thought and well written post will likely land on deaf ears.

      In my experience, evidence, logical arguments and simple common sense are completely ineffective with the kind of people who think “drugs bad and that’s it” and are convinced that more War on Drugs is the solution. Despite the fact that all the evidence around us shows that it’s not.

      • @webghost0101
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        1410 months ago

        I know for the person i commented on its probably to late but if i can get some lurkers that simply not know any better to start doing some research then thats a win.

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      -2910 months ago

      “We can’t effectively end murder so let’s just allow it, hitmen will stop earning money this way”

      • @Nacktmull@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        To compare getting high to murdering a person might be the most unfitting and dumb comparison I have heard in my whole life.

        • diprount_tomato
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          -1910 months ago

          Both damage someone, even though using drugs mostly (but not only) hurts yourself

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                10 months ago

                Fucking what? Making decisions about my own body somehow violates my rights?

                What next, you’re going to regulate my diet to make sure I don’t hurt my own “rights” by eating too many pastries or having too many drinks?

                You don’t sound like someone who values individual liberty. You sound like a wannabe fascist trying to control people.

      • @webghost0101
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        910 months ago

        Harm reduction is a well studied principle based on real science.

        https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/harm-reduction#

        What sources do you have that legalizing murder will decrease the harm of it?

        Therapy for addicts, Jail for murderers, rapist and shady bussinesspeople (and also therapy for all).