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0 pointsythl9y ago0 comments

> Right now a percentage of otherwise law-abiding people have had their lives destroyed by the justice system because they got a little too curious about drugs, and still more by all the crime and conflict that's fueled by prohibition and artificially high prices

That's an argument for decriminalization, not legalization.

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mcbits9y ago

It's an argument for any policy that would reduce harm to drug users without causing additional, worse harm of its own. Decriminalization, as it's usually conceived, still sends billions of dollars flowing into underground markets and criminal subcultures.

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0 pointsythl9y ago0 comments

That's an argument for decriminalization, not legalization.

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mcbits9y ago

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