• amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    ah yes let’s do a prohibition 2.0 because why not. especially when the fascists are in power

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      4 days ago

      This might be hard to believe, but I’m one of the dozens of people who don’t live in the US

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        4 days ago

        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

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            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

            • HollowNaught@lemmy.world
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              4 days ago

              I said the sale of these items. Not the buying of. Very different prospects you’re assuming I’m lumping into one here

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                  3 days ago

                  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)

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                    3 days ago

                    And if you are caught with it you get charged for distribution. If you can’t buy it, where did you get it?