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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
A lot of recreational drugs are like that, even ones that are illegal. Not everyone who casually uses cocaine, molly, mushrooms, lsd, etc.. instantly becomes a fiend. A lot of people can use substances and moderate themselves perfectly fine. I personally know some very affluent business people, lawyers and accountants that use cocaine regularly.
But we make it illegal because other people can't handle it.
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We make it illegal because we falsely believe that it’s a moral failing that causes addiction therefore punishment as opposed to treatment is required to fix. It’s much more akin to cancer than a crime.
Using drug laws as a reason to support gun laws is a rather poor argument given how ineffective drug laws are.