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by pm90 3391 days ago
We are not talking about all personal liberties. Lets stick to the topic of regulation of Psychoactive substances. You don't face problems of abuse and dependence on, say, guns or Tanks.

> If there was a drug that gave the user unimaginable euphoria or was guaranteed to kill them with a 50/50 chance should we do everything in our power to stop that? Especially for the young and impressionable?

We do have a system in place for controlling access to substances like Alcohol and Tobacco to minors.