[corry]

I upvoted you, but also wanted to add:

Hopefully you also warn them about the opiates that their doctor will cheerfully prescribe.

Frankly, if the opiate epidemic taught us anything it's that there's probably lower risk in your teenagers taking an edible at a party than getting an overly aggressive codeine prescription from their doc after breaking their arm.

I'm not really arguing with you, education of kids is key. But legality is such a poor yardstick. See: opiates, tobacco, and alcohol - super damaging, extremely habit forming, yet completely legal and even culturally acceptable.

Meanwhile, LSD is treated like fentanyl (literally the same Control Substances Act schedule - the highest #1) and is pushed underground where it's adulterated by god knows what, even though a small gov-sanctioned lab could easily produce the entire country's supply of entirely pure substance in a few weeks.

I don't know what the answer is, but surely it's more nuanced than drugs=bad, legal=fine, doctor-perscribed=no-risk. (I'm not saying you're arguing these points, I'm just channelling the zeitgeist as I see it).

[temp0826]

Fentanyl is schedule 2 (it has recognized medical uses).

[corry]

Ah good catch, I originally had heroin in my comment and edited it to fent.

[koonsolo]

I agree with you, and fixing the issues of drugs in society is very complex and difficult. That's why my statement was more of a: I don't use them and teach my kids not to use them. That is what is basically under my control.

[tsol]

It's so hard to get painkillers nowadays that people with chronic pain can't acquire them. The govt listened to this kind of argument and decided to just make everything regulated rather than making everything legal. Not a big surprise honestly