[looeee]

This is quite the straw man argument. Most of those people either support this already or just have no opinion on it

[chipperyman573]

I doubt most people support legalizing LSD. "Most middle-class college-educated young adults, especially those in tech fields, support it" might be more accurate. For example, a recent bill to legalize marijuana in NJ failed earlier this month, and I would be very surprised if more people supported acid than weed.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/nyregion/new-jersey-marij...

[in3d]

If you read the article, you’ll see that it was all about politics, not the public support.

[acct1771]

Corrupt politics in New Jersey?!

[nemosaltat]

What are you trying to say here? That compqring "pro-drug" with "pro-choice" is a straw man? For one thing, I don't thing it is- there does seem to be a corralary. For another, it's important to be mindful of the fallacy fallacy, that is, a logical fallacy doesn't necessarily invalidate a conclusion. I'm not saying that was your intent, but would be curious if you could explain.

[BurningFrog]

Since abortion is legal and LSD illegal most everywhere, there must be a lot of people who are for one but against the other.

[nine_k]

Not necessarily.

Abortion is a pressing practical issue People may be very vocal about it.

Psychedelics is mostly an issue of recreation, even without a few millennia of consumption ingrained into culture like alcohol.

So the efforts people exert to legalize each are commensurate to how pressing each issue is.

[acct1771]

People frame it as an issue of recreation, but it's actually a mental health crisis that these are not more accessible.