asphyx
Bluelighter
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- Oct 11, 2007
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rolls said:1. Drugs would become safer and possibly less deaths if they were sold with mass education. They would be safer as we would have known doses and purity, also usage could be monitored and people would know what not to mix etc. We could also tax drugs removing crime and putting the money back into the government.
^ This is what I believe would happen if drugs were legalised slowly (MDMA/LSD/Marijuana/Shrooms completely legalised, all other drugs decriminalised, then after a while more drugs would be made completely legal) and people were told the real facts, plus dosage guides and warning labels on the drug packaging to prevent ODs and such.
rolls said:2. The social stigma of drugs would change making them much more acceptable to use, in turn the number of users would sky rocket. Eg look how many people use alcohol regularly compared to other drugs. This would ultimately mean less people working and more people doing drugs.
Alcohol is a drug that is considered good for social situations at low to medium doses, which is why it's use is more widespread (besides the fact that it is legal, whereas most other drugs are not). It is good for 'breaking the ice' in social gatherings as it lowers inhibitions and gets people talkative. I can't really imagine anyone taking other drugs for most social situations in which alcohol is used, except perhaps MDMA or weed, but both these drugs are A LOT safer than alcohol, so it does not really matter.