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minus-square@amino@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-22 months agoah yes let’s do a prohibition 2.0 because why not. especially when the fascists are in power
minus-square@HollowNaught@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoThis might be hard to believe, but I’m one of the dozens of people who don’t live in the US
minus-square@amino@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoregardless of where you’re from, criminalizing drug use leads to people dying. it’s been a fucking disaster in any country it’s been implemented
minus-square@HollowNaught@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoWhere did I ever say I wanted to criminalise drug use?
minus-square@amino@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agowhere are people gonna buy cigs if you ban them? the black market. who’s gonna go to prison over it? marginalized people. this is already reality in authoritarian countries
minus-square@HollowNaught@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoI said the sale of these items. Not the buying of. Very different prospects you’re assuming I’m lumping into one here
minus-square@HikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoIf it’s illegal to sell, how do you buy? That’s literally a prohibition.
minus-square@HollowNaught@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoThe point is that you’re unable to buy, but you’re not punished for buying. Instead, the seller is punished for selling It stops the law from punching down on the addicts being taken advantage of (mostly)
minus-square@HikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoAnd if you are caught with it you get charged for distribution. If you can’t buy it, where did you get it?
ah yes let’s do a prohibition 2.0 because why not. especially when the fascists are in power
This might be hard to believe, but I’m one of the dozens of people who don’t live in the US
regardless of where you’re from, criminalizing drug use leads to people dying. it’s been a fucking disaster in any country it’s been implemented
Where did I ever say I wanted to criminalise drug use?
where are people gonna buy cigs if you ban them? the black market. who’s gonna go to prison over it? marginalized people. this is already reality in authoritarian countries
I said the sale of these items. Not the buying of. Very different prospects you’re assuming I’m lumping into one here
If it’s illegal to sell, how do you buy?
That’s literally a prohibition.
The point is that you’re unable to buy, but you’re not punished for buying. Instead, the seller is punished for selling
It stops the law from punching down on the addicts being taken advantage of (mostly)
And if you are caught with it you get charged for distribution. If you can’t buy it, where did you get it?