yeah i find the portugal example really interesting. idk if the brits can be trusted with legal heroin tho tbh.
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It might settle down eventually but the first few years would be grim
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Definitely. Especially when you look at the opiate crisis in the US, where people are (at least initially) given drugs legally, and it completely destroys their lives.
That said, I do think that alienation has a part to play in addiction. Capitalism has a case to answer here.
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no it isnāt
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Do you think people would just start taking heroin for a laugh?
People can get hold of heroin now while itās criminalised.
I donāt think heroin use would suddenly leap up if it was legalised.
The Simpsons- A few good seasons and a lot of bad ones. I can freely admit this as someone who has Lisa tattooed on her leg.
Seems to me that by Bamnans standards weāre ALL a bunch of arseholes.
I donāt think itās a healthy way to feel about yourself or anyone else.
Youāre not going to make the world a better place by judging everyone as terrible and morally bankrupt.
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I have no idea tbh. I fear thereād be a spate of Brits-in-Amsterdam style lets go mental free for all, though hopefully itās reputation would stop that being too widespread.
Given the things we do with booze I just donāt trust the Brits with any drug really. Though I am personally in favour of decriminalisation overall.
I prefer to think of it that we could all be doing better
Laughing less is not going to make me a better person.
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But you donāt know what weāre all doing to make it better.
I do lots of thingās youād class as bad.
I also volunteer, give money to charity, try to be kind and a good person and all that blah.
I dunno, just recently reading your posts Iāve kinda felt like I should start hating everyone including myself.
donāt worry itās quite easy for me to imagine you being a better person than me
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Sorry that came out a bit harsh/blunt.
I am not very good at words.
well heās definitely a wanker isnāt he
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Thatās not what I am trying to say at all though, Bam.
I guess thereās an interesting discussion to be had about the role of hate and what it means to hate something constructively
also no need to apologise to me
Didnāt you already make a thread for this kind of thing?
I did not know this!
I do think that stigma would still exist even if it was legalised. Itās been (quite rightly) absolutely drummed into us all how terrible heroin is, hasnāt it?
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