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[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not convinced that safe and legal drug taking will enable addicts any more than they're already so.

Also there are many recreational drug takers who don't harm society.

[–] tret@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Sure, I don’t think this will enable them more than any other source. I guess in my case with the difficulties I’ve experienced, the pain my kids and I are still experiencing, any source of the substance at the root of it is hard to accept.

[–] Fifteen_Two@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not the substance though, it's the structures around them. I suppose when you have personal experice with the harms of drugs, as directly as you are describing, it would become difficult to care about that distinction though.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 years ago

You can't remove the substance from the equation entirely like that. Yes there are a lot of other problems too, but pretending meth or fentanyl or whatever isn't harmful on its own is not helping.

Remember the drugs are usually the catalyst that get people on the street. People can hold it together right up until they become addicted, then the substance makes everything worse.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Would you rather that source be providing clean drugs and the money going towards drug education and addiction prevention programs, or filled with God knows what and the money going towards guns for a gang or cartel.

The demand is and will always be there. Better the supply come from an organ we can regulate then a crime syndicate.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Understandable.