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SurealGod t1_j6o7ixn wrote

How I view this is that the more you tell people not do something, they're going to want to do it even more. Some might even do it just to spite you.

So I can see this going in a positive direction weirdly.

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ChiralWolf t1_j6ohd4a wrote

There's also the huge issue of getting people help. Understandably, when someone is in possession of illegal drugs, theyre going to be wary about getting help from a group that might have ties to the government. You decriminalize basic possession and it opens more of those people up to seeking help.

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art-love-social t1_j6p3664 wrote

Help is readily available for alkholism - and there are fuktons of folk around who are not interested/dont ant to take that up - and there is no stigma/offence attached to that.

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rwarren85 t1_j6p4loz wrote

Looks how crazy it was during prohibition though. People were getting poisoned by alcohol. Pretty similar situation.

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art-love-social t1_j6pa13p wrote

They were getting poisoned by de-natured alcohol, how is decimalisation going to help this ? dealers are not going to stop cutting stuff with shit

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rwarren85 t1_j6palbp wrote

They did with booze... I don't see anyone getting alcohol that's cut with kerosene... lol

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art-love-social t1_j6pb020 wrote

? this is just decriminalising drug use - not chaing how it is made available, dealers are still going to adulterate as much as ever.

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rwarren85 t1_j6pbbkp wrote

Look at weed. Once decriminalization it starts getting monitored and safer ways to get the drugs are presented. I see what you are saying, but there are examples of this method having good results.

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pineconewashington t1_j6ohehs wrote

How it really helps is that people wouldn’t be afraid of reaching out for help and scoring these drugs wouldn’t be so dangerous. It would help people test for additives, seek mental/emergency services more readily, and help reduce the stigma around these substances. Instead of jail, those that are battling addiction would now be more free to talk about it in the open. I wouldn’t say people seek these substances out because they’re forbidden, but rather it’s almost always stress/pain/mental illness of some kind. Now we also need to add a ton of rehabilitative services that are low cost or covered by MSP.

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