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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, but and believe me I'm all for this, cocaine and heroin are plants as well, or at least you can grow coca and poppies and get the drugs from them. Should cocaine and heroin be legal as well just because a) they're plant derived, and b) people will use the drugs and get addicted to them because that's how it works? As I said, I personally would legalize, tax, and educate people about safe recreational, therapeutic, and medical drug use for all drugs personally, but most people find that too extreme.

[–] SaltySalamander@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unironically yes, cocaine and heroin should be legal, or at the very least decriminalized. If they were legal, regulated, and you could pop into a headshop and buy them, the black markets surrounding them would begin to evaporate.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I agree, as I said