• Chickenstalker@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    People. Cocaine is not maryjanes. You can get addicted badly to cocaine. There’s tons of neurological effects that will cause you to not function proplerly in society. By all means smoke your ganja but don’t equate hard drugs with it.

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      11 months ago

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    • abbotsbury@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Lots of highly addicting stuff is legal, I don’t care if people do cocaine. Make it legal and safely accessible so drug addicts can participate in society and not have to fund cartels

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      11 months ago

      The question is whether or not a legal-in-some-circumstances is more effective at reducing social damage than keeping it illegal.

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      11 months ago

      You can get addicted to and fuck up your life with bud too my friend. It’s harder but it’s possible. Source, me.

      Also, as the others said. Coke being illegal does nothing to stop its prevalence so what’s the point.

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      11 months ago

      The same things can be said about maryjanes as well. And about alcohol. With cocaine it is just even more likely.

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        11 months ago

        Idk, it seems like a pretty big jump in addiction potential. I don’t hear of too many people going into sex work to support their alcohol and cannabis habits.

        I do support at least decriminalization of all drugs though. As long as it coincides with adequate education, harm reduction, and therapy resources.

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        11 months ago

        Yes, light and legal drugs are not okay as well. They too may cause severe health (including mental health) issues, as well as addiction.

        THC, alcohol, nicotine and even caffeine cause significant and measurable harm, and you’ll be much better off by restricting them long-term, unless you have medical indications to consume them.

        If you need any of them to relax or to have a good party or to stay productive, remember it is NOT sustainable and actively harmful and something has to be done about the way you organize your life. You can’t go on like this forever, it will get you eventually

      • zen404@lemmy.eco.br
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        11 months ago

        Yeah it’s always the same thing. “Guys, you can smoke cigarettes, but weed will fry your brains and leave you completely useless to society. Legalizing would be a disaster”.