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[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

All victimless "crimes" shouldn't be considered crimes. Like drug use. Or unpaid parking tickets.

Also, legal drugs means actual STUDIES. When politics doesn't interfere, that can mean actual SCIENCE.

[–]Newmug 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Drug use is not a victimless crime though. How many Mexican cartel members were skinned alive so you could have your coke at the weekend? Or how many young men got beaten to a pulp because some coked up junkie thought he was staring at them? How many kids are neglected because mom is slumped over with a syringe in her arm every day? Even if drugs were legal, the problems they cause won't go away

[–]72ndGender 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Cartels wouldn't be involved in the drug trade if it was legal. They would go half way out of business if drugs were legalized. As for people victimizing themselves, it's their own choice. Just like with alcohol, tobacco, and obesity.

[–]Newmug 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

As for people victimizing themselves, it's their own choice. Just like with alcohol, tobacco, and obesity.

Which is exactly why drugs should STAY illegal. None of those things are as addictive or as harmful as drugs

[–]72ndGender 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not sure you're right about that. Those things seem to be more addictive and damaging than drugs. Even through the opioid epidemic. But making it a crime for a person to do something with their own body seems like a violation of basic human rights. So I would give that a higher priority than protecting people from themselves under penalty of fines and imprisonment.