A lot of people are advocating for this for some reason, so what do you think?
Absolutely. The fact that people are sitting in jail for a (nearly, depending on age, frequency, and ingestion method) harmless drug is worse than regrettable.
The war on drugs is truly one of the most evil things that the American state is responsible for. So many lives ruined for absolutely no reason other than to increase the prison population and keeping people down.
Of course, why not? It is basically harmless and generally used to jail minorities
The onus should be on the lawmaker imo - so the question should be “should x be illegalised”. I don’t know a single valid reason why weed should be illegal, so yes it should legalised.
Drug regulation for sure. But no criminalization for use. Substance prohibitions have always had horrible effects. It’s beyond a shadow of a doubt that criminalizing substance abuse only creates worse methods of consumption. Regulation is highly agreeable. It’s good to provide safe ways for consuming drugs. Especially for addicts.
Not all drugs are created equal, entheogens have provable medical and therapeutic use. Their use should be encouraged for healthy adults with proper education on the matter. A license for use, so to speak. Same for cannabidiols.
Coke, opiate powder and methamphetamine should be tightly regulated, clandestine synthesis should be illegal, but in organic form, coca use should be completely ignored and legal like coffee. You aren’t going to die by chewing coca leaves unless you make yourself like a 10k salad. Alcohol and nicotine are some of the worst drugs and should be highly regulated as today.
Ultimately, it is impossible to control people’s substance use or abuse, and when the grip is too tight on them, you make criminals out of the people, their suffering and automatically create black markets for lumpen proles. People become addicts because they are vulnerable and in need and they will provide their vice on either side of the law. The lowest bar is for the state to provide safe products and contexts for users to reduce harm and encourage healing.
The fact is, in areas where it has been legalized, the use of other drugs, illegal or not, declines significantly (along with crime in general). The biggest push back against it is by people that want to keep using it as a weapon to throw innocents in prison for decades, and by alcohol and pharmaceutical companies that know it will hurt their profits.
It’s significantly less addictive and less harmful to the user and the populace than alcohol. Especially if it’s ingested because now you aren’t harming your lungs with smoke or vapor. If it were legal in my state I would probably never drink again.
the alternative is imprisoning people for it, what do you fucking think
Honestly marijuana is so mid we should just legalise it so people get it out of their system, realize it’s not that big of a deal, and then abandon it forever.
