Yeah, right. It comes from decadence and nothing else. Like the corruption making your solutions unrealistic.
> think about the prohibition and the problems that it caused.
Pretty sure the prohibition did reduce alcohol consumption and the associated problems a lot, it'd be a good idea to ponder the pros and the cons fairly. Also, people at that time didn't have access to other potent drugs like social media and the Internet, I wouldn't be so sure it'd be a repeat.
> It will also remove the stigma
Which is potentially the only thing that could prevent too much spread. How do you think Japanese society works?
I know I'm wasting my time "arguing" with druggies and beatniks, but it's just sad to see HN constantly swamped by them on any topic related to "free love", veganism, cars, drugs, etc...
it doesn't have to be safe, just legal. If people choose it, and fuck themselves up, they're free to do so. They're doing it today already, but with the added benefit of being illegal and force resources into a drug war against the cartels.
i say china is not at all responsible for the drug, except as a contract manufacturer. If china doesn't do it, somebody else would've. China just does it cheaply.
The drug problems come from the cartels, and from the fact that US's war on drugs makes drugs expensive, and thus profitable. There's no possibility of humans relinquishing drug use - think about the prohibition and the problems that it caused.
I say, just allow drugs to be manufactured, and sold (under license and regulation) in the US. It's gonna be like alcohol. This will take away the profits from the cartels, and they will stop buying from china. It will increase tax revenue, as drug consumption can be taxed (like tobacco today is).
It will also remove the stigma, and reduce drug enforcement costs in police. The only thing society has to give up is the moral high horse of drug use.