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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
For the same reason doctors ween people off other psychoactive drugs like anti-psychotics, anti-depressants and a variety of other drugs?
Because the withdrawal symptoms of most of these 'street drugs' is reason enough for many addicts to continuing using them rather than deal with the effects of going cold turkey?
Because in many instances, it may not be advisable, optimal or even possible for addicts of some 'street drugs' to maintain a decent quality of life AND stop cold turkey?
Because even if the addict makes no progress towards curbing their addiction, giving them regulated drugs for their addiction has less impact on society than forcing them to shoot up with dirty needs from puddle water with chemicals that may or may not contain the drug they are addicted to in the first place?
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It's more than withdrawal symptoms that cause addiction.
Methodone already effectively treats withdrawal from heroin. It does little to solve the issue. If an addict wants to truly quit, they can enter recovery programs that will give them various drugs to treat withdrawal. I don't see how that's relevant to a discussion on whether or not street drugs should be legal.
Also, medically presribed heroin and meth are both already legal, under limited and controlled circumstances. What were discussing here is whole scale legalization.