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by jjulius 1848 days ago
>... a deeper problem that legalization/decriminalization will not address but only obfuscate.

Not really. The idea is to stop arresting people for it and shift the focus to treating addiction/drug abuse which, to your point, starts addressing some of that "degeneracy", which is a terrible word to describe root causes for drug abuse. You don't get people to be open to treating their abuse issues by calling them "degenerates".