Quote (Djunior @ 9 Apr 2021 10:22)
Legal drugs cost money too unless you hand them out for free. People that are high all day long are not productive, no employer wants them. Explain how you envision society to function when people can get cheap or even free drugs as they please.
If meth becomes legal society will be fucked, that's the only possible outcome, and Floyd could have prevented being arrested while in possession of speedballs by well, not being in possession of illegal speedballs.
It's not rocket science to see that people are doing these things to themselves.
The average price per pill in out of pocket costs (aka if you have no insurance) for a prescription for something like oxycontin ranges from $4-$7. That's irrespective of dosage. The same thing on the street varies by dosage, from $40-120/pill. The same cost for a similar dose of heroin will average closer to $20. Even your basic Vicodin only runs roughly $1/pill, yet street value ranges from $5-20/pill, once again raising your price point to a point where more severe, potent, and damaging drugs become more attractive per dollar spent. The cost different is irrefutable, and your talk of employers is nonsensical. Employers want functionally capable employees. As long as employees are not visibly high, drunk, or stoned at work, then employer doesn't care. For that matter, the percentage of full time employees estimated to be on opioid pain medications today is upwards of 15%, and that's on the low end estimates. Only certain types of labor preclude such usage.
Meth will not destroy society, because most people have no interest in using meth. The path to FIXING societal issues created by meth is to help addicts recover, and provide a low-harm alternative that will offset the damage already done.
We can agree that personal responsibility needs to be taken into account, but your view on drugs is purely arbitrary, and nothing more than you attempting to exercise control over other people that you have no reason to have over them. People do plenty of stupid and self-harmful things. Coffee enemas are a great example. You don't outlaw them, you simply provide safer alternatives that will be less damaging, and allow them to continue to function in society.
Bottom line: People will do what they want and you can't stop them. If you're in favor of throwing them in prison for these things when at heart, the activity has no impact on you, then you're in favor of more and more "Floyd-like incidents".
This post was edited by InsaneBobb on Apr 9 2021 11:43am