I'll say this. It's nothing to do with Ross being young, white or a man. If the person in question was an old, non-caucassian women, I would still have the same view. I am white, but to be honest, it's got nothing to do with the person, just what he did.

What did he do.

Well, if you ask about how many people were purchasing Fentanyl, I don't think there would have been many. I don't think it was even a widly known or available substance. Nor did anyone buy or sell the precursors for making drugs like Fentanyl.

What happened was the market for recreational drugs. I.e, the method for obtaining drugs that people wanted for themselves, and wanted to take personal responsibility for, became safer than having to negotiate on the street. Not only that, the reliability and safety (quality) of the products people bought became of a higher standard than when there were much more limited channels to procure. I.e, competition increased and proliferated in a free market.

I'm not praising Trump, but I am praising this policy and this decision to pardon Ross. The precursor chemicals used to make Fentanyl have been getting through borders of western nations in huge amounts. Labs are set up from within the countries, which has decimated a whole demographic in those countries. The problem is therefore a problem with laws that ensure the safety of drug users whilst also turning a blind eye to the real international scope of the problem.

I never used the platform, but I wholly would have liked to if I had the option to use such a service today. I don't want to use life-destroying drugs like Fentanyl, but I do know that there are many cultures around the world that have to deal with the marginalization and stigmatiation of their cultures and their way of life. It's not just to do with white people. It's to do with reasonable any sensible policy.

Which do you think is more destructive, prolonged and excessive alchol consumption, or the occassional use of naturally occuring drugs like marijuana or synthisized drugs like MDMA? There's much scientific literature out there today that proves very strong links between beneficial effects of some of these drugs. Yet the media uses the term so loosly so as to tar them with the same brush as junk like Fentanyl.

You see, the problem with this idea is that the behavior of a drug-addict is voluntary. It is not. However, that's not to say that all drug users (users of drugs) are not in control (as opposed to drugs controlling people.)