They are regulated, controlled and taxed. This is very different from allowing dangerous substances to be sold and used on the street, things even countries which decriminalize drugs don't allow
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Replying to @3Sentinel4 @netfire4 and
Legalize them all. Stop treating citizens like children, it doesn’t work. But I know that’s utopian.
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Replying to @the_watcher @netfire4 and
Even if you legalize it you don't allow black market transactions of dangerous drugs and open use in public spaces near where families live
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Replying to @3Sentinel4 @netfire4 and
Most of the problems with drugs are due to prohibition. Look how easy marijuana legalization has gone. Yes, it should be sold away from schools and playgrounds. But the nuisance value would go way down too.
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Replying to @the_watcher @netfire4 and
I don't think that's most of the problems. we don't even incarcerate many people on nonviolent drug offenses. The big problem is that those drugs kill a lot of people when allowed to be dealt and used widely, as we see with fentanyl.
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Replying to @3Sentinel4 @netfire4 and
20% of the people in jail are there on drug crimes, mostly possession with intent to sell. This is larger than the entire prison population of all but two counties.
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Replying to @the_watcher @3Sentinel4 and
Then add in all the extra interactions which lead to jail time or worse because racist cops have an excuse to harass people.
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Replying to @the_watcher @3Sentinel4 and
How many die of drug overdose in The Netherlands where heroin is given for free to addicts?
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Replying to @3Sentinel4 @the_watcher and
Yes but the actual experience of being in the netherlands, drugs are available on the street more readily than here. Unlike here and as the iron law of prohibition predicts, softer less potent forms are dominant, and so overdoses are rare. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/opioids/netherlands-free-heroin-distribution-program-could-serve-as-possible-model-for-us.html …
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I seriously doubt that
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