Drug Legalization Debate
Discussions revolve around whether drugs should be legalized, decriminalized, or prohibited, comparing them to substances like alcohol and tobacco while debating personal freedom, regulation, and societal harm.
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It's not a bizarre opinion.Consider substances like weed or alcohol that can ruin lives but usually don't. How should our laws treat these substances? I'm not sure but there's nothing absurd about thinking they should be illegal.Also consider: what are laws for? To some degree they're about discouraging certain behavior. It would be nice to think that we could discourage weed/alcohol without making them illegal but it's not clear that we can do that.
Same that makes some drugs illegal?
Consequences of drugs being illegal, no?
I am against making any drugs illegal but shit like this is why we can't have nice things.
Should be legal? would be a far more relevant question.E.g. I won't do drugs, I do not like people who do drugs, yet I'm all for regulation.
What's wrong with making manufacture and possession illegal?
The substance is not the harm. Outlawing the harm is not outlawing the substance.
Smart! We should try that with harmful drugs too - just make them illegal.
Correct, but decriminalisation != legalisation.
This logic applies against all 'victimless' crimes, including drug possession & use.