Comment on Colombian president says cocaine 'no worse than whisky'
argon@lemmy.today 1 month agoIf 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
That’s certainly true, yet I still disagree with the post’s claim that “cocaine is no worse than whiskey”.