You’re not addicted to cocaine until you’re poor, until then it’s a habit.
Comment on Colombian president says cocaine 'no worse than whisky'
protist@mander.xyz 4 weeks agoMeanwhile, severe cocaine withdrawal makes you tired and irritable while severe alcohol withdrawal makes you have seizures and die. Most people who use cocaine never develop an addiction, just like most people who drink never develop alcoholism. As far as addiction potential, methamphetamines, opiates, and nicotine are the worst offenders.
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argon@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
If you make cocaine legal, you effectively make crack legal, since the conversion is trivial.
And no, methamphetamine existing does not make cocaine less harmful.
protist@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
If you make cocaine legal, you reduce overdose deaths significantly. Most OD deaths involving cocaine are due to dosing uncertainty and adulteration with other substances like fentanyl. Legalization would also decrease barriers to treatment and less criminal justice involvement would improve treatment outcomes
argon@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
That’s certainly true, yet I still disagree with the post’s claim that “cocaine is no worse than whiskey”.