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Re:San Jose police union executive director charged with smu... by amanaplanacanal on Thursday March 30, 2023 @06:16PM (#35379553)
> "Legalize everything" stops working when addictive substances are involved.

I dunno. We tried making alcohol illegal for a while in the US. Alcohol is pretty addictive, isn't it? And we ran into the same problems we have with other illegal drugs, for the same reason.

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Re:San Jose police union executive director charged with smu... by lazide on Friday March 31, 2023 @02:21AM (#35383363)
Alcohol is still extremely heavily regulated.
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Re:San Jose police union executive director charged with smu... by amanaplanacanal on Friday March 31, 2023 @01:25PM (#35390184)
And other drugs should be too. Legal and regulated. Just like alcohol.
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