Re:California bill would decriminalize psychedelics
by ashtonkem on Saturday February 20, 2021 @08:23PM
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Illegal drug dealers have very little incentive not to sell to underage kids, while legal ones have a license and livelihood that could be taken away.
Of course legal drugs always have “cool” adults willing to be straw purchasers for underage kids. It’s complicated, and the relationship between the law and underage usage are non linear.
Re:California bill would decriminalize psychedelics
by rtkwe on Saturday February 20, 2021 @09:37PM
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It'll probably remain at least slightly easier to get drugs than alcohol even if/when both are legal to 21+ just because drugs are so much smaller and easier to deal with. A trunk full of Alcohol isn't much but a trunk of any drug is a lot.
Following this pattern, from what I've seen psychedelics are relatively simple to get (albeit harder than weed), therefore legalization might actually make them more difficult to illegally obtain because dealers will be replaced by controlled medical practices in many markets.
Decriminalization will also open doors for people to study _how_ they affect the brain.