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A comment on Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of or Use of Marijuana. Parent comment

Re:Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of o... by gchamonlive on Friday December 22, 2023 @02:35PM (#38737717)
What about sugar? Processed meat and fat? Carcinogenics in general? What is the extent of the control we are willing to relinquish to the government in order to control substance abuse?

And how about shifting the discussion from prohibition and control of use to the democatization of healthcare access for people to heal from addiction, if we are so interested in the welfare of addicts at this point?

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Re:Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of o... by kennywinker on Friday December 22, 2023 @02:51PM (#38737890)
I’d like governments to continue to regulate how corporations can use and productize addictive and damaging substances. Heroin in big macs would, i’m sure, sell well.
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Re:Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of o... by 127361 on Friday December 22, 2023 @02:46PM (#38737839)
The arguments we made for drug prohibition started spreading to other areas of society. So the prohibitionist mindset was expanding, with potentially disastrous consequences for innocent people caught up in it.
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