Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs

Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs by sergnio on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @10:37AM (#31582407)

> 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...

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Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs by bsnal on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:34AM (#31583390)

I don’t hate drugs. Drugs are inert things. I hate drug users.

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Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs by dns_snek on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @12:33PM (#31584389)

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.

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Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs by bsnal on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @01:12PM (#31584961)

Nah, I mean junkies, obviously.

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Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs by LocalH on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @01:15PM (#31585006)

For which drugs do you call users “junkies”, then?

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Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs by hydrok9 on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @01:23PM (#31585110)

Ever been one?

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