• @chicken
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    46 months ago

    then why not decriminalize instead of legalize?

    • @Coreidan
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      26 months ago

      What difference does it make when the outcome is the same?

      • @[email protected]
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        6 months ago

        I’d say legalization is actually better in this case, as you can provide licenses to pharmaceutical manufacturers subject to QA regulations, lab accreditations, etc. Decriminalization just means that guy with 1:1 cocaine:fentanyl is probably getting a ticket rather than arrested.

        [Was going to put a ‘doesn’t help when the guy overdoses’ comment here, but thinking about it now people do overdose (and die) on just cocaine too. One of the factors that make this a different conversation than cannabis. Don’t know the thresholds for overdose re: just coke, though]

        • @djdadi
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          26 months ago

          And yet another factor is that cocaine is cardiotoxic. You’re literally killing your heart with every use.

    • ComradeSharkfucker
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      6 months ago

      Regulation and the obliteration of the illegal drug trade which directly harms millions in the pursuit of profit.

      It should however, (and I cannot stress this enough) be privatized. This would be a fucking nightmare and simply move the profit motive causing the harm to another source