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by Thrillington 3407 days ago
Drug abuse is a real thing and has extremely negative effects for individuals and those in their lives.

That being said, it's a public health issue, not a criminal one. Abuse can also be significantly curbed by open and honest discussion about the benefits and negatives of various drugs. The DARE and scare model is an abject failure.

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Absolutely. I have no interest in partisan arguments on the issue, that's all.

edit: fwiw imperio59 has a post history repeatedly denigrating LSD, psychology as a valid scientific practice, in addition to advocating for and linking to Drug Free World, a Scientology-backed nonprofit. Not even worth replying to.

Your comment regarding another member would have a lot more weight coming from an account with some history. It's bad form regardless to make comments like this, but you're also using their comment history in doing so, yet denying others from knowing your own.