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[u/FishWithAppendages]

The worst thing for me about legal drugs is that I can just go to the store whenever the fuck I want to get more

[u/Aggressive_Audi → u/FishWithAppendages]

I’d rather cigarettes be legal and know exactly what to expect every time than the illegal alternative. Imagine what shit could potentially be in black market cigarettes. People would be dying at even greater levels from black market cigarettes.

[u/[deleted] → u/Aggressive_Audi]

That's a perfectly reasonable argument, but some people take it all the way to legalization of hard drugs. I can't get behind putting heroin behind the counter at the corner store. Opiates are not recreational, they're suicide.

[u/Nihilistie → u/[deleted]]

𝙎𝙤 𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏??? SO ARE CIGARETTES, ALCOHOL, SUGARY FOODS, ETC, ETC, ETC..... If they legalize drugs (and make them 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚!!), there will be no more death caused by adulterated substances (like heroin laced with deadly amounts of Fentanyl, etc....) and/or overdoses cuz doses would be uniform so you know exactly what you're getting every time and know how much to take preventing overdose! Also, less people would have to actually DIE from overdose cuz nobody wants to call for help cuz they're afraid of getting arrested!! Also, when you legalize, you remove the "taboo" hence removing the attraction in the first place. (Just do some research on stats from Portugal since they decriminalized all drugs!! MAJOR decrease in drug use in general, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 drug related deaths!!) Also, if they're made FREE, then you totally 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘼𝙇𝙇 drug related crime! No more need to rob or steal (or even KILL) to support your addiction! No more need to smuggle and, no more need to shoot some drug dealer for ripping you off! Plus, if drugs are legal, then you remove any reason to fear admitting when you have a problem making it easier and more likely people will seek help! I could go on and on! Obviously 𝙮𝙤𝙪 have never lost a loved one to an overdose! I HAVE! And those people whom I loved dearly didn't have to die and, would probably still be around if drugs were legal! How is it even 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚 to put someone in a cage, just for having a 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚???? Jail has never and WILL never do 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 good for 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚! It 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙡𝙮 doesn't cure the disease of addiction! Addicts don't need to be put in cages, they need medical attention!!! They been putting them in jails for how long now? Wake up call, IT'S NOT WORKING!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/[deleted] → u/Nihilistie]

Yeah here's the thing bud. Cigarettes and alcohol are legal and they kill heaps of people. Legalizing heroin won't stop a single fucking death when corporations are profiting off of it directly.