[rtisdale]

Can't reply directly to SirSourdough because of thread limits.

>I don't think this really address the point though. Alcohol is sold with known purity, quality, and quantity. You aren't going to overdose due to an impurity.

Their argument was never that it would stop everything, only that it would help (and I agree).

How many people have you met that have gone blind from drinking "bad" alcohol? During the prohibition era, this was an actual issue people faced.

https://www.pastemagazine.com/drink/alcohol-history/prohibit...

>A major decline in the risk per use massively outweighed by a huge increase in use over time due to legalization.

There is evidence that decriminalization when paired with other policies can potentially cause decreases in usage as well as a decrease in negative outcomes such as HIV transmission rates and drug deaths.

https://transformdrugs.org/drug-decriminalisation-in-portuga....