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Originally Posted by Wormius
What would the exact benefit of legal (not decriminalized) heroin or meth be?
Are addicts in the situation they're in because those drugs are illegal or because they are somehow damaged? If heroin became legal and so cheap that you could buy it with pocket change, would homelessness, crime and prostitution for drug money be wiped out? Or would the people who are drawn to those drugs just use more and be in the same situation?
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Exact is only known after the fact. But theoretically, potency could be regulated that means that other substances wouldn't be in the product, and that people could use more responsibly.
Access would be regulated, heroine is alarmingly easy to get your hands on at any age. potentially the amount of use could be regulated more carefully.
harm reduction services could target potential first time users and put them into alternative systems targeting the underlying issues of addiction and drug miss use.
Finally, it would reduce the black market (only a fool would think that it would be eliminated) by offering a cleaner product at a comparative price.