Re: Bicycle outing with happy ending

On 5/24/2025 8:47 AM, AMuzi wrote:

On 5/23/2025 9:48 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

 Andrew, I remember you arguing in favor of legalizing drugs. Am I mistaken?
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 I'm agnostic, and there are serious concerns on every side of that argument.
 I believe I wrote merely that 100 years of worldwide Heroin ban has cost huge amounts of money, attention, all sorts of resources (human labor not otherwise productive) and ruined lives and yet it's cheaper and more pure than ever and in most neighborhoods can be delivered faster than a pizza.
 This is not a successful policy.

I agree that what's been done has worked poorly, at best. And I'm sure that there can be no perfect policy. John Slocomb would tout immediate death penalties for those selling drugs, but the U.S. constitution would prevent that.
Shadow mentioned removal of the profit potential. As I understand, that's effectively what Portugal has done with their government distribution of drugs to addicts. As a bonus, I think that scheme changes the image of an individual's drug use from something edgy and cool, labeling a person too smart to bother with laws, to something pitiable and shameful, a person who needs government help to live.
About the image thing: I watch almost zero TV. But I get irritated by late night comics slinging jokes that portray marijuana, other drugs (including alcohol) as stylish and cool. Media in general could help by changing the image of drug use.
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- Frank Krygowski