Message from @Dr. Λᵐᵉʳᶤᶜᵃ
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looking over to Netherlands as a justification to outlaw drugs is a mediocre take just as much as saying Universal Healthcare is good because Sweden has it
thats not the point of either of those results
I'm not only talking about Netherlands, just used as a popular example
I dont ask for legalization, I ask for proper regulations and proper research
I am biased, I am a STEM major and someone who has used
No one talks about Portugal when they talk about abortion for example
heh true
im just talking about that if youre looking over to another country as an example is a bad take because that would just regurgitate the same taking point of someone saying "well communism hasnt been tried here"
I just think that even after even more research we will still be in a place where most drugs will remain mostly outlawed
I can't see a country or a world where LSD or ecstasy is legally sold, for example
Weed? Not quite, but hard to tell, considering we are talking about 20 something years in the future
But taking from fresh evidence, I don't think it will
nah I dont rely on countries much, I look at what our country is founded on vs what I know to work in reality and what I know to test reality is the scientific method I want data before actions are taken
> I can't see a country or a world where LSD or ecstasy is legally sold, for example
@Islamic Straight
ever heard of Colombia? Afghanistan?
Those are not good example countries lol
Oh because they're just counties to look up to lol
my point exactly
Fuckers there dose with cheaper compounds like N-BOMes
I meant a functional society where those drugs are legally sold
I think we could have one
Israel has universal healthcare...would it work here?
of course not
Depends on how they structure it, making a claim of working vs not working is absurd
DATA MY DUDES
always data
what does the data say
thats my point
if study shows that gun free zones result in more shootings then go the opposite
here in the US we are seeing more lax research towards psilocybin and LSD now, with more open access to research done in the 60s and 70s
This is good, it means we can actually make proper things for people
Or not, if we consider to be too dangerous
*if* and thats a big if
Like weed, there's the positive of canabidiol and negative of THC, but weed inevitably has both of them
Ive been following the research into CBD and THC now for well over 15 years and the general benefits to long term consequences is almost nothing compared to competing drugs in those treatment plans
And I believe in most drugs the good doesn't outweigh the bad
No one has died of a THC overdose
Yet prescribed painkillers cause the deaths of tens of thousands a year
As I said before, dying ain't the only concerning consequence
Increasing your chance of developing schizophrenia by 6 times is really fucking scary, so to speak
As someone who wants to form a family, so is getting sterile
Thats so dependent on neurology that we dont have the means to make proper determinations for the populace one way or the other
Instead the studies that have been published show those with signs and symptoms being checked, vs paranoid people
We lack data on people who report nothing