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dev1ycan ◴[] No.40214001[source]
I'm sorry but after seeing how american gradually get into worse and worse drugs, and seeing channel 5's video on people using tranq... yeah I think complete ban on drugs for non medical reasons is the best choice.
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kstrauser ◴[] No.40214335[source]
People wanna get high. There's a plausible hypothesis that we invented farming to have a more reliable way to make beer. We have 2 main options:

1. Attempt to ban it.

2. Accept that people are going to get high, and try to limit the harm.

The first has been a complete and utter disaster. The second -- e.g. applying the same rules about who can use it and where they can use it as alcohol -- is the only sane option.

Prohibition is about as effective as abstinence-only education and for many of the same reasons. We can either work with how we wish people would behave or how they're actually going to behave.

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booleandilemma ◴[] No.40214566[source]
3. Make our society so pleasant to live in that people want to experience their day-to-day lives with their minds free from drugs.
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1. UncleMeat ◴[] No.40215531[source]
Drugs aren't just an escape from suffering. I have a very good life. I also like having a beer with friends or, yes, smoking weed with friends. That amplifies an already positive experience.

If you magically eliminated all suffering in my life, I'd still enjoy a beer at dinner.