Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by jimbob45 on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @10:43AM
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The logic is that these hard drugs are so addictive that their users cannot stop themselves from committing crimes to acquire more of the hard drugs. Fat-rich food, cigarettes, and alcohol are several orders of magnitude less addictive than the hard drugs we're talking about. I think you're making a false equivalence here.
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Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by Isinlor on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @04:01PM
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They can stop themselves, but they need help with quitting addiction, not punishment for their illness.
Also, alcohol is one of the worst drugs, but it is legal.
> In the early 2000s, the monetary cost of alcohol-related crime in the United States alone has been estimated at over $205 billion, more than twice the economic cost of all other drug-related crimes.
> Alcohol is implicated in one quarter of all homicides globally.
> A report released in 2001 showed that 80% of violent crime committed by young people in Estonia has been linked to alcohol abuse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol-related_crime
https://web.archive.org/web/20140504141105/http://www.who.in...
Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs
by hydrok9 on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @05:44PM
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Hm, orders of magnitude less addictive sure, but still extremely difficult for people to stop (especially long-term), and very damaging to their own life and taxing on health systems.