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43 sats \ 2 replies \ @freetx 8 Jun \ parent \ on: Does legalising/decriminalising drugs work? AskSN
I'm going to offer my equally un-researched take: I doubt legalizing drugs is a "good" for society, but its probably less bad than making them illegal.
Overall, societies would most benefit from govts fixing the core problem of: Why do members of their society so badly want to escape reality? Ultimately I think it goes something like this:
Poor economic possibilities -> Lack of home ownership + family + kids -> Lack of meaning -> Desire to escape.
Also un-researched information...though I did read "Chasing the Scream" which is a book about addiction and I thought it offered good info...
I think society is looking at many of our "systems" coming to collapse under their own weight over the coming years...to maybe decades?
I am a weirdo in that I think all drugs should be legal and should be produced in a manner that is safe and reliable. Potency is something that should be verified and provided to the users so they are able to make educated decisions about what they are using.
I also believe the "stigma" we have created over drug use is a self-fullfilling negative prophecy in which users feel cast out from society and left alone to make their own ill-informed decisions on things. This perpetuates a cycle of more use due to feeling cast out and eventually leads to entire swaths of like-minded castaways that grow and grow until they become a blight on society and due to our years of mind-fucking the rest of society - those in power simply convince the rest of society that cutting these parts of society off is ok?
Anyway I am getting a bit off topic - It does come back to the "control system" that is put in place being out of alignment with the idea that we should be doing all we can as the "human race" to perpetuate our species...which includes acknowledging that as individuals we all have a right to do what we deem is best for ourselves, as long as it isn't harming others....that last part is the tough part....what one considers harming another?
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Why do people drink alcohol?
Why is happy hour popular? more fun than being in the office lol
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