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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
There is a difference between legalizing and decriminalizing. Decriminalizing would protect users from things like possession charges thus reducing the unnecessary law enforcement costs associated with those nonviolent crimes. Decriminalizing the possession of cocaine would not however give anyone the greenlight to open up a coke dispensary as the drug would still be a controlled substance.
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The issue I have with not legalizing all substances and regulating them for public sales is that organized crime still ends up being involved and you still run a higher risk of overdoses due to tainted substances when you only go for decriminalization.
From that article I posted:
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About 90 per cent of people who use illicit drugs don't have a drug problem. Same goes for licit drugs like alcohol. Some people like wine, others a few tokes, some the occasional snort of cocaine or a hit of MDMA.
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Why do we have such a problem with people doing things like cocaine and MDMA if the vast majority seem to be able to use those substances "responsibly?" It's purely an emotional and ideological position to take.