• smooth_tea@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It’s easy to fall in the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy though. The article goes on insinuating cause and effect, and tucks away the most likely reason at the end of the article, cutting funds of drug prevention to a quarter of what it was.

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      10 months ago

      cutting funds of drug prevention to a quarter of what it was.

      So you mean we need a robust mental healthcare system if we decriminalize drugs? I agree.

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        10 months ago

        Of course, but if you cut funds to your social healthcare system towards drug prevention and then point to drug decriminalization as the cause of a worsening situation, you’re not being truthful. That’s why I mentioned the logical fallacy.