CaractacusPottsM to Harm reduction & Safe supplyEnglish · 1 month agoWant to tackle addiction? Legalise all drugswww.msn.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down14
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minus-squarelemmynglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoFrom the article: decriminalising drugs leads to a substantial drop in substance abuse and addiction rates. Countless studies have shown this. The issues do not disappear, but you lessen the stigma of addiction, and allow for official support, thus making the issues more manageable.
minus-squareDerisionConsultinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoLegalization is not the same thing as decriminalization
minus-squareAulilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoExcept we also need to have those support mechanisms in place and we don’t. Also opioids are legal and lots of people start their addiction on pills subscribed by doctors.
From the article:
The issues do not disappear, but you lessen the stigma of addiction, and allow for official support, thus making the issues more manageable.
Legalization is not the same thing as decriminalization
Except we also need to have those support mechanisms in place and we don’t.
Also opioids are legal and lots of people start their addiction on pills subscribed by doctors.