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Originally Posted by puckluck2
How is it hyperbole?
The government right now sells you cigarettes. You know that thing that causes cancer and leads to a horrible painful death? And they profit off of it. What's to stop them from profiting from cocaine? If you guys want to legalize it I see nothing stopping them from selling it at the 7-11.
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Nobody in this thread is suggesting that cocaine (or meth or heroin) be legalized and sold by the government. Don't confuse that with the proposed legalization of marijuana. What we're proposing is that rather than spending billions of taxpayer dollars each year on the war on drugs (targeting the
supply side of illicit substances), we instead spend a small fraction of that amount on harm reduction strategies that will improve the health and well-being of hard drug users with the ultimate goal of helping them beat their addiction (targeting the
demand side of illicit substances).