Wednesday, March 13, 2024

decriminalizing hard drugs

For a long time, I've been an advocate for legalizing drugs from soft to hard, but with the proviso that a deep and thorough care infrastructure be put in place—special rooms, detox centers, clinics, psychiatric help, etc. Simply letting the animals loose with a ton of drugs is a recipe for disaster, as the above video illustrates.

I've begun to think, though, that my original idea of putting the government in charge of addict care is not a good idea: as with everything else, the government would find a way to fuck this up, too. So we'd need a market-driven solution. I still think legalization is possible if there are safety nets in place, but I have little faith that drug users can manage themselves on their own. Addictive personalities need help.



2 comments:

  1. Legalizing drugs? You're a bleeding heart liberal!!

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  2. Ha ha. I thought of this as more of a libertarian sentiment: go knock yourself out if you want to do drugs, but don't hurt anyone else in the process (hence my idea of a safety net involving a separate place to get high, professionals to monitor you, etc.). But letting people just do drugs with no safety net at all is a recipe for social chaos.

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