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RiverYuppy OP t1_j9ggrp2 wrote

Reply to comment by healing_gourd in While Happy Trees owner gets arrested, another murder happens just blocks from where drug dealers are allowed to sell hard drugs in the open with impunity by RiverYuppy

You think we should legalize and regulate coke and heroin?

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ZephyrInfernum t1_j9gvjbf wrote

Yes. I don't use either, but the people who do use them will use them if they're legal to use/possess or not. Regulating them like we do with alcohol/cannabis would make them at least clean.

Decriminalize all drugs, make rehab available for those that want it, make narcan widely available.

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pumicepickle t1_j9gtrnq wrote

Do I support heroin use? No. Would regulation of it prevent a ton of fentanyl overdose deaths? Absolutely.

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welcome-to-the-list t1_j9hje7o wrote

And would likely severely drop the prices. Which would hopefully reduce crime as someone won't have to fence a bike/rob someone to get money for a hit.

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healing_gourd t1_j9honsw wrote

Absolutely. Drug abuse / addiction is an illness, not a crime. It is reduced by helping and caring for people, not throwing them in jail or fining them.

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