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

You don't think drugs are bad?

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Drugs are bad because they're harmful and addictive, and because the restrictions on supply cause people to do terrible, terrible things to fulfil those addictions – slowly killing themselves from multiple directions.

The illegality has no bearing. In fact, in certain situations, it makes things worse. Legal and heavily, heavily taxed, with the money going towards support groups, might be a more effective way of making the drugs go away.

[–]EddyInTheFlow 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Bingo. The best solution from the perspective of harm reduction would be to give addicts free, clean drugs, in parallel with info on side effects and resources to help them quit if they want to.