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by beenBoutIT 902 days ago
The fact is that America had far less problems before the War on Drugs. Police officers would focus their efforts on solving and preventing real crimes as opposed to playing puritan nanny and rifling through people's pockets telling them they're not allowed to be in possession of x, y or z.
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Even if all drugs were legal, psychedelics are completely different than addictive and destructive drugs.
Most drugs capable of causing dependency have had their dangers grossly exaggerated to further the War on Drugs.

Each American needs to be given the facts and then decide for themselves, just like with religion.

I think you are forgetting prescription drugs, who have had their dangers grossly underestimated to further medical industry profits.

Every day I see people on the streets, destroyed and turned to ghouls in great part because of the well known destructive drugs. Heroin, crack cocaine, meth, alcohol. There is no reason to pretend these aren't destructive. And there is no reason to put psychedelics in the same category, because these substances have nothing in common.