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Re:Prohibition was primarily the work of one pressure group by InclinedPlane on Monday October 19, 2015 @04:25PM (#10415465)
It should be. The negative externalities of prohibition are so much worse than from abuse and addiction, even for meth, crack, whatever.
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Re:Prohibition was primarily the work of one pressure group by dragonwriter on Monday October 19, 2015 @04:41PM (#10415571)
> The negative externalities of prohibition are so much worse than from abuse and addiction, even for meth, crack, whatever.

Among the negative externalities of prohibition are exacerbating the negative effects of addiction, by increasing the stigma and risk associated with admitting you have a problem.

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Re:Prohibition was primarily the work of one pressure group by InclinedPlane on Monday October 19, 2015 @06:39PM (#10416294)
It also pushes addicts outside the protection of the law, making them easy victims for other crimes. They won't seek the protections of the criminal justice system because they perceive themselves as being on the wrong side of it and likely to be as abused by the system as they were by their victimizers.
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