Hot-Hat-4913 t1_j620zq2 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 3:37 AM

Reply to comment by fafalone in New York's Bill to Decriminalize Low-Level Drug Possession by greenhousecrtv

I agree. Opiate addicts can often hold a job and live fairly normal lives if they have affordable access to drugs and if the drugs are what they're claimed to be. So much money and so many lives are wasted on the war on drugs.

supermechace t1_j63af5j wrote on January 27, 2023 at 12:19 PM

US definitely messed up on war on drugs, but it's actually other countries ways of outsourcing their criminal elements to the US to deal with(or in some cases destabilize and profit off the US). They're protected by borders as the US would prioritize business interests rather than taking nations to task. Gateway drugs lead users to abuse harder substances helping users to eventually become a burden on community.