what drugs should we legalize?

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[–]chottohen 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's the only way to go whether you are pro or con drugs. The usual argument is: but more people will die—everyone will be using them. I do not think so. About the same number will use and about the same number will OD. William Burroughs covered this way back in the early sixties.

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Exactly right. I'd understand a fear that there'd be a n initial influx of new drug use should anything be legalised, but it would level out to something similar to what we have now. The differences would be that the financial contributions would be legitimate and not a gap in the economy, and substances would less likely be something random and unknown as it would be manufactured correctly and sold more honestly. The vast majority of 'ecstacy' deaths don't even involve MDMA.

[–]chottohen 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I concur completely. I think it was Aldous Huxley who said it was natural for humans, or some humans, to want to escape from ordinary consciousness.