Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by sergnio on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @10:37AM
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> Instead, they will be offered information on available health and social services
I can't emphasize this enough. If you hate drugs and think they're strictly horrible for society, what's worse is us ignoring the underlying reasons for using drugs to extreme levels.
If anyone hasn't heard of Rat Park, please do yourself and everyone a favor and watch this video / read on it
"How the flawed Rat Park experiment launched the drug war"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-0KfwFCMRM&ab_channel=Freet...
Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by bsnal on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:34AM
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I don’t hate drugs. Drugs are inert things. I hate drug users.
Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by dns_snek on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @12:33PM
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Does your definition of a drug include alcohol, nicotine and caffeine? If you hate anyone who consumes any kind of mind-altering substance, for any reason, in any circumstance, and regardless of the impact on their life, then that list includes most of the human population which doesn't seem productive.
Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by bsnal on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @01:12PM
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Nah, I mean junkies, obviously.
Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by LocalH on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @01:15PM
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For which drugs do you call users “junkies”, then?
Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by hydrok9 on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @01:23PM
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Ever been one?
Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by arroz on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:01AM
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I don’t think normalizing the situation is good in anyway. This will only create bigger problems in the future. The US and Canada already have issues with drug addiction compared to other western countries.
Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by GLGirty on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:09AM
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US and Canada have issues with rapidly declining quality of life and social mobility. Drug use might be, quite literally, opiate for the masses.
Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by orphea on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @12:11PM
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> I don’t think normalizing the situation is good in anyway
Portugal thinks otherwise.
- https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/05/portugals-radic...
Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by 29083011397778 on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @03:25PM
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Notably, in the linked article, the greatest good didn't come from the legal change. Instead, it was the normalization that allowed others to seek help that had the biggest impact.
Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by dontbenebby on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @10:15AM
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And what happens when the people who sell those decriminalized drugs move on to things like buying up real estate and gentrifying the people who were self medicating out of their homes with their profits?
Decriminalization solves the mass incarceration issue, possibly, but there are other things to think about.
> Adults will be allowed to possess a combined total of 2.5 grams of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA.
> While those substances will remain illegal, adults found in possession for personal use will not be arrested, charged or have their drugs seized. Instead, they will be offered information on available health and social services
> In its request to the federal government last year, BC said it asked for the drug laws exemption in order "to remove the shame that often prevents people from reaching out for life-saving help