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Re:Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health by drran on Saturday November 07, 2020 @01:57PM (#25017539)
> alcoholism is far more rampant than most drugs used in the war on drugs

Unfair comparison. Alcohol is legalized and freely available. Let's compare alcohol and drugs at times, when drugs were free to use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars .

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Re:Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health by retrac on Saturday November 07, 2020 @03:48PM (#25019141)
That very much depends on the drug. Two years into cannabis legalization in Canada, and alcohol continues to claim the lion's share of the harm from legal drug use. I suspect this won't ever change.
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