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But DrUgS at The Border!! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Because there are some drugs that make people aggressive, and I personally think these ought to be curtailed where possible. (Again, not a "war on drugs" style curtailment. But distribution, still illegal and criminal)

The first such drug that comes to my mind is alcohol. Its distribution was also criminalized in the past, eventually leading to an increase in organized crime.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

I don't really fully agree with the person you are responding too, but the level of aggression brought about from Meth use is significantly more potent and consistent compared to Alcohol, which is a little more variable depending on the person using it.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There is of course nuance to this, and I don't claim to be an expert on classifying drugs. Though, I don't reckon I need to try to hard to argue that there are drugs far worse than alcohol out there. I'm simply stating a blanket "all drugs should be legal" is overkill.

Alcohol certainly is ripe for abuse, also.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Drug criminalization pushes use into the shadows so that the most visible use is from those who are very loud and disruptive with it. I know you think you're righteous with your "i don't reckon i need to try to(sic) hard to argue" but you are operating on assumptions about substances borne of ignorance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I'm not arguing for criminalisation of use and posession.

Just making distribution of all drugs legal is overkill, in my opinion