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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by rlt on Saturday January 07, 2023 @11:25AM (#34289538)
Harm reduction itself isn't a bad thing, the problem is if it displaces other forms of help for drug users, or ends up encouraging more drug use.

e.x. skip to 2:00 in this video https://twitter.com/sav_says_/status/1603512522509668352

Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by beebmam on Saturday January 07, 2023 @11:41AM (#34289713)
I think your comment is an example of an important discussion we need to have around what are the consequences to our drug policies, whether they are tough-lovish or harm-reductionist. I can see value in both, in different circumstances.

However, the video you link to is from a notorious far right propaganda outlet. I don't think people will get an honest perspective from TPUSA, who clearly have an axe to grind (and bills to pay, which they accomplish by manufacturing outrage).

Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by rlt on Saturday January 07, 2023 @11:50AM (#34289818)
Ricci Wynne posts most of his videos like this independently (https://twitter.com/RawRicci415). In most of them he lets the video speak for itself. I don't have any reason to believe he's lying and I think he'd strongly dispute being characterized as "far right".
Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by xyzzyz on Saturday January 07, 2023 @12:10PM (#34290105)
Do you react similarly to left wing propaganda, or is your “partisan sources do not provide honest perspectives” limited to right wing sources?
Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by beebmam on Saturday January 07, 2023 @01:52PM (#34291264)
Yes, I do. I despise the far left.