Whatevernevermind2k t1_jaweetc wrote
Reply to comment by Minqua in Premier 'astonished' at B.C. firm's claim it got Health Canada approval to make and sell cocaine by IHOP_007
How do you know it has it worked? It hasn’t been legal for a century so you have nothing to compare it to, for all you know legal cocaine use would quadruple the number of users.. meaning only prohibition is keeping it down to todays user numbers.
Plus the statement that prohibition of alcohol did not work is a historical inaccuracy. Prohibition did have positive effects, including a significant decrease in alcohol consumption and a reduction in alcohol-related deaths.
Minqua t1_jawexjt wrote
Do you really not see the violence the drug trade has caused in poorer communities? Its a black market item so that makes it way more dangerous. Colombia in the 80s/90s, mexico now.
Please the war on drugs has been an enormous failure
Whatevernevermind2k t1_jawfnxk wrote
What make you so sure the violence would not be a hell of a lot worse if it was legalised?
The most violence caused by any intoxicant is caused by alcohol; which is legal.
Minqua t1_jawhnx8 wrote
Have you ever heard of a gang shooting over aspirin?
Whatevernevermind2k t1_jawiib3 wrote
What are the number of deaths of cocaine related gang violence vs cocaine related usage deaths?
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