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Allowing drug users to legally and safely test their drugs results in more safety for individuals and less costs for society. In the Netherlands, private organizations have been testing drugs for users and helping the government track dangerous trends in the distribution of illegal drugs.

There’s a lot of recreational drugs like alchohol and (more recently in the US) weed that are legal to consume. The current system where drugs are only available through illegal means results in violence and huge amounts of organized crime, and a mixture of upper and underworld endangering citizens and politicians. We have huge issues with this in the Netherlands.

Personally, I find drug use abhorrent and I condemn everyone buying drugs illegally and propping up and enriching monstrous people, but I fully support legal drug testing.

More info: https://www.jellinek.nl/vraag-antwoord/why-do-they-test-drug...