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There have been a handful of good studies on the harms of drugs over the years, and they all published the same conclusion: The recreational drugs that are most harmful (both to society and to the user) are heroin, meth, and alcohol.

Just like heroin, alcohol is not gentle, nice, or not a big deal.

Why do you think one is socially encouraged and the other two are demonized?

The prohibition model was a failure for alchohol, and it’s a failure for heroin and meth too.

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Abucketofpuppies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Alcohol should definitely be illegal. Prohibition was poorly implemented, but definitely correct in ideology

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- Krono@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Prohibition creates a black market, which in turn creates cartels, violence, unregulated and sometimes tainted product, it eliminates tax revenue, bolsters an oppressive police force, etc etc.
  
  I believe the best model to deal with these hard drugs is legalization with heavy regulation.
  
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  - The_v@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Legalization with regulation, education, and free accessible healthcare including mental health.
    
    It decreases overall usage of all drugs and the decreases the crime rate. Addressing the reason people take drugs seems to work better than punishing them for using them. Go figure.
    
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- Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  If a measure is ideologically correct but causes immensely more suffering in its implementation than allowing the “bad” thing to exist, then the ideology is shit.
  
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- Omgpwnies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It’s literally impossible to stop people from having alcohol.
  
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- theodewere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  ideologies belong in the home and the church, not in my government
  
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  - DharmaCurious@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Every government functions under an ideology. Capitalism is an ideology, democracy is an ideology, socialism, anarchism, liberalism, conservativism, they’re all ideologies. An ideology is just a set of ideals.
    
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    theodewere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    wrong.. governments are how we settle differences practically.. ideologies exist only in our minds..
    
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  - rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Lmao
    
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