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by leetcrew 1992 days ago
> What do you think should be the government's role in protecting the gullible and easily seduced?

it could start by being a trustworthy source of information.

> Most of these drug laws are about this in essence: We are fast approaching a world where low level labor becomes more and more superflous. This is going to mean that there will be a growing portion of humanity on welfare in essence. How do you see that working out for humanity in a world with fully legal free access drugs?

this strikes me as a particularly odd argument. if they weren't doing anything productive to begin with, why care if they get high?