Lee DunaSwiss cocaine so cheap and widely used they’re considering legalising it
GrimyI’ve had friends that were cocaine addicts and some that really hit the bottom. This seems insane to me, this isn’t a fun and easy drug like weed imo. I’ve always lumped coke with meth and heroin.
ComradeSharkfuckerYes but they aren’t legalizing it because it’s fun and safe they are legalizing it because jailing people over drugs does not help them and there is no point in filling your jails with such a high percentage of your population.
chickenthen why not decriminalize instead of legalize?
What difference does it make when the outcome is the same?
Cracks_InTheWallsI’d say legalization is actually better in this case, as you can provide licenses to pharmaceutical manufacturers subject to QA regulations. Decriminalization just means that guy with 1:1 cocaine:fentanyl is 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]
And yet another factor is that cocaine is cardiotoxic. You’re literally killing your heart with every use.
Regulation and the obliteration of the illegal drug trade which directly harms millions in the pursuit of profit