Well… with opiates, cocaine yes… with MDMA (requiring 10-20mg/kg to overdose at minimum), cannabis, LSD etc if tightly regulated… who is going to overdose? Where are all the addicts going to come from pertaining to substances not particularly liable for inducing addiction?
I’m with you regarding the notion that certain substances such as heroin simply can’t be legalised, societal detriment is too great… but with cannabis, MDMA, psychedelic drugs etc I don’t think the sky will fall. With harder substances I support decriminalisation for personal use, harsh punishment for distribution.
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Really??? I thought one could overdose from meth fairly easily? (adrenergic storm/facillitation of cardiac arrhythmia). Even cocaine if overdosed can induce some serious problems. Fentanyl is the king though when relating to “how easily can I overdose on this”… carfentanyl is worse, but considering you can’t even come into contact with it (bare skin) without dying I don’t think that’d be relevant.
You can STILL buy this crap here if you know where to look… Sold as “incense” not for human consumption… I wonder if many are still stupid enough to use this… cannabis exists and it isn’t killing people, this is.
Even with heroin, you’ve got highly functioning addicts. I see no problem with government programs being implemented tailored to giving addicts (who have tried going through rehab before) a maintenance dosage. Like methadone/suboxone clinics in Aus random drug screenings could be present (although I’d drop cannabis from the screening process). Such a program will dramatically reduce overdosage rates and have been successfully trialled (now implemented) within The Netherlands.
I think public education is a missing factor here, public campaigns using fear tactics/fear mongering amongst the populace don’t work, this isn’t the 1930’s. We need campaigns educating kids and adults alike of the risks associated with say… Cocaine, prescription opiate abuse (this is where it can start… progress to H), benzodiazepine abuse etc… realistic education, not “one pill kills, take that and you’re dead”.
This is what I believe occurred with marijuana. Placed as a schedule I drug, the populace was taught it was incredibly dangerous. Upon trying it, many realised this was bullshit, if marijuana isn’t dangerous, who is to say PCP is etc