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US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana

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662 points JacobHenner | 1 comments | 30 Apr 24 17:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
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vouaobrasil[dead post] ◴[01 May 24 05:28 UTC] No.40219813[source]▶
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mirzap ◴[01 May 24 05:39 UTC] No.40219866[source]▶
Socialists really hate freedom, don't they? Somehow, it's always "capitalism" in question when it is, in fact, freedom. It's none of the government's business what somebody takes into their body. All drugs should be decriminalized anyway.

Smoking and alcohol take millions of lives every year, yet we say "people have the right" to drink or smoke. Why is marijuana different, which is way less dangerous than alcohol, which is pure poison?

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vouaobrasil ◴[01 May 24 05:42 UTC] No.40219891[source]▶
I am actually not against marijuana, nor am I a socialist. I am just pointing out its role in this case. Incidentally, I am against alcohol very much as well.

I do not believe the government should regulate what goes in our bodies. I am just pointing out the way the government is using it as a tool.

Frankly, I really don't care whether the government criminalizes drugs or not.

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1. mirzap ◴[01 May 24 06:26 UTC] No.40220162[source]▶
Look, I don't drink; I don't smoke; I don't do drugs. I did it all at one point. I'm not advocating for any of the stuff; on contrary. I advocate against using it. But people should have choice. Also, I'm advocating for not putting people in prison for possessing a plant and destroying their lives. How many young people have been destroyed who had a chance for a decent life, but everything was destroyed because of maybe one mistake they had made?