Re: LEGALIZE IT
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harmfulness has nothing to do with it.
chez
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I agree with this, and I know you are being logical, but could you please elaborate. I find this discussion interesting.
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If we were going by any reasonable measure of harm then there would be no prohibition at all - prohibition is disasterously harmful for everyone except organised criminals.
Drugs are banned for authoritarian reasons or because there's some (mind-numbing stupid imo) idea that 'if we don't ban it then we're sayings its okay to take drugs'.
chez
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Yep, the drug debate and the gay marriage debate share one thing, in that they reveal this stupefying fear of being permissive. Is the slippery slope really that convincing to that many people?
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