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Originally Posted by Itse
I'm talking as someone who's kid was hospitalized because of weed she accidentally ate in a chocolate cake (enough to be quite dangerous), and who has seen a dear friends live almost get destroyed by weed. (And a friendship more or less destroyed. Not unrelated incidents.) Unsurprisingly weed really disgusts me now.
Here's the disconnect for me. I've been observing societys reactions to weed from very close in the last couple of years, and I haven't seen any reactions that I felt served a real purpose. Nothing that would have prevented what happened, and nothing that would prevent it from happening in the future. Nothing that helped anyone, beyond the immediate hospital care of my child. (Which was fantastic and I'm so grateful for the professionalism of the hospital staff and the quality of care that I can't even put it to words.)
In short, my first hand experiences support the rather convincing statistical claims that the current drug policies are just not working. There needs to be a fundamental change in thinking for any actual movement forward.
While decriminalization is I think the right way forward, even more important would be that we stop approaching drugs as primarily a crime issue.
Drug policies should primarily be up to the Department of Health (or equivalent in each country), not the Justice Department.
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Not sure how weed got into the mix in this Fentanyl discussion, but I really feel the need to chime in here.
Firstly, while unfortunate this happened to your daughter, I'd like to point out that she was not 'hospitalized' because of weed. You being the good father I'm sure you are decided to take your daughter to the hospital because your daughter was freaking out on weed (by the way anyone who's first experience with weed is with edibles is going to have a bad day). It's not like she would have suffered any permanent damage if you hadn't taken her to the hospital.
That said, I can definitely see why you have the opinion on weed that you do. It comes down to personal experiences, but you have to weigh the bad with the good. While you may see weed as harmful to your daughter, there are plenty of other parents who consider it a cure for theirs.
Also, decriminalization isn't the right way to do it. It doesn't address all of the issues and provides less benefits than legalization.