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Re:Do Psychedelic Drug Laws Violate Human Rights? by Retric on Monday March 07, 2016 @04:49PM (#11242009)
Human Rights are arbitrary. So, the only question is what people agree that it means; making this a rather circular justification for anything.

EX: Is breathing air free from pollution a human right?

Re:Do Psychedelic Drug Laws Violate Human Rights? by _snydly on Monday March 07, 2016 @05:10PM (#11242145)
> So, the only question is what people agree that it means

The details make this more complicated, so we're never going to agree.

Just like most people agreeing that alcohol okay, but heroin isn't, we'd have to decide what's "free from pollution"? Exactly how many lead atoms/day is okay? And are smokers violating your human rights?

Endless arguments :-/

Re:Do Psychedelic Drug Laws Violate Human Rights? by LesZedCB on Monday March 07, 2016 @04:56PM (#11242060)
FWIW, I would take the strong stance that it damn well should be.
Re:Do Psychedelic Drug Laws Violate Human Rights? by achamayou on Monday March 07, 2016 @05:06PM (#11242119)
But what's pollution-free? Taken to the extreme, this implies nobody can drive, or light a camp fire for that matter.

It's all about quantity, and balancing the conflicting freedoms of individuals. Your right to breathe perfectly clean air goes against my right to produce energy and heat myself or go places.

Likewise, there's a general consensus that the state can detain you temporarily. It's an affront to the freedom of the person detained, but most individuals agree that it's necessary to preserve their freedom to go about safely and without fear of violence.

There's a process around it, to try and balance the rights on both sides. It's all in the details and the implementation.

Re:Do Psychedelic Drug Laws Violate Human Rights? by cubano on Monday March 07, 2016 @05:02PM (#11242098)
The question seems to be then...who the hell is for breathing polluted air, and who would be stupid enough to want to deny others that right?