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Re:California Bill to Decriminalize Psychedelics Is Approved... by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @03:09PM (#27372670)
The legal system will always trail behind the reality on the societal ground out there - that's almost by definition, and you actually kinda want them to be quite cautious and thorough before they make decisions.

But you also need to watch for outliers - laws that are WAY past their prime, and should have been put to pasture long ago.

Basically, the legal system needs a garbage collection mechanism.

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Re:California Bill to Decriminalize Psychedelics Is Approved... by zenron on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @03:35PM (#27373024)
"The Breitbart Doctrine is the idea that "politics is downstream from culture" and that to change politics one must first change culture.} [cited from Wikipedia]

Andrew was a man ahead of his time.

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Re:California Bill to Decriminalize Psychedelics Is Approved... by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @05:20PM (#27374170)
And now his name shall forever remain linked with one of the most vile spouts of toxic sludge in the contemporary media.

Legacies are complicated.

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Re:California Bill to Decriminalize Psychedelics Is Approved... by zenron on Thursday June 03, 2021 @11:31AM (#27382858)
I mean, I don't like Huffington post but dang...
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Re:California Bill to Decriminalize Psychedelics Is Approved... by Florin_Andrei on Friday June 04, 2021 @02:36PM (#27397285)
Neither do I!

(and, BTW, I agree with the general meaning of your quote from AB)

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