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I don't think legalizing these drugs is a good idea, but decriminalizing is.
Please read up on how Portugal solved their drug problem.
Yeah, they decriminalized it
They went further than that. They legalized it so that doctors can prescribe it. If you were a heroin addict, the doctor can prescribe you heroin. You’d get clean pure heroin, not shit cut with fentanyl, and you’d get help with getting clean.
That's not legalization that's medicine being prescribed by a doctor. Any doctor in the USA can also prescribe diamorphine as well.
Except they don’t do that in America
You're missing the point. What you described is not legalization
yes, they decriminalized it. I knew this years ago.
They didn’t just decriminalize it, they legalized it so doctors could prescribe drugs. If you’re a heroin addict in Portugal, you can get pure clean heroin prescribed to you by a doctor and be put on a plan for treatment.
safe supply requires legalization and regulation
well, i wasn't talking about safe supply, i was talking about removing the component of making it illegal. I don't think it's right that people consume heroin and crack and meth and basically drugs like that except cannabis. I have been around drug users and i while people go "buy silocybin is so life changing!" I have seen VERY negative results from these drugs, and it doesn't help that the CIA started putting drugs out on the street with their experiment with LSD, MKULTRA, counter-culture, and charles manson.
many things freely and legally available are harmful, I'd rather we all make our own choices and offer rehab and other aid for people that need it or want it.