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TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 8 months agoStreet drugs are cut with nasty shit that kills people. Legal drugs would be regulated and not cut with the nasty shit that kills people. It’s pretty simple.
Also, if people’s lives and ability to get a good job aren’t fucked by going to jail for using drugs, they are more likely to want to eventually get clean so they can get one of those good jobs.
JewGoblin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I think people miss the point of drug abuse, most addicts are suffering from some kind of trauma, yes, we shouldn’t put addicts in jail, but we have to find another approach.
I was in the “make all drugs legal” but that’s just another can of worms
there’s no easy fix, we must treat addicts like we would any mental illness. I spent most of my 20’s in and out of jails, I never hurt anyone but myself, and was treated like an animal.
TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I, personally, believe that everyone should have the right to their own consciousness and the ability to alter it. That should be the one thing that nobody can take away from you. There are many functional addicts even ones on harder drugs, and they aren’t hurting anybody. They would be hurting themselves less if they had access to clean and regulated drugs.
I do agree that we should have resources and tools for people to help get clean. Most people people don’t want to do drugs forever, it’s a phase in most people’s lives, but if they do want that, they should be allowed to. Nobody is forced to be a productive member of society or be successful. Our time here is short, and the one thing we should be allowed full control over is what is in between our eyes.
That being said, I do agree that treating it like a mental illness can be the right thing to help someone if they are struggling, and I appreciate your addition to the conversation very much.