Oregon becomes first U.S. state to decriminalize possession of all drugs

Re:Oregon becomes first U.S. state to decriminalize possessi... by sixQuarks on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @05:44PM (#24993832)

This is a terrible reason for making something illegal. Alcohol is just as bad, why not just introduce age limits like alcohol?

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Re:Oregon becomes first U.S. state to decriminalize possessi... by tartoran on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @06:48PM (#24994284)

I think heroin has much higher dangers and usually the accidenal deaths are very swift and come from nowhere. Alcohol on the other hand kills a lot more people but because it does so slowly they have higher chance to pick themselves up, go to detox, AA, etc

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Re:Oregon becomes first U.S. state to decriminalize possessi... by mam2 on Thursday November 05, 2020 @07:24AM (#24997616)

This is an absolutetly 100% valid reason, if not the best reason, to make a substance illegal. 90% who try get addicted, so better keep people, especially young ones, far from it.

> why not just introduce age limits like alcohol

Because they don't work..

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Re:Oregon becomes first U.S. state to decriminalize possessi... by sixQuarks on Friday November 06, 2020 @05:31PM (#25011779)

Where did you get your 90% addiction figure from? If you're going to argue your side, then at least cite correct information.

On the high side, only 30% of people who try heroin get addicted https://www.livescience.com/62701-odds-of-heroin-dependency....

Nicotine has a higher addiction rate

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