"Again no one did anything."
That's true! We clearly need to make drastic changes:
1. Build affordable housing
2. More psychiatric workers are needed to meet the high demand.
3. Overhaul the economic system. Middle-class people should not be struggling financially. Tax the rich fairly.
4. Keep marijuana illegal. Discourage drug use.
If the U.S. didn't coddle the rich, we'd have affordable housing, a strong tax base, prospering middle-class, affordable national healthcare, good paying jobs with decent benefits, public not drugging themselves into a stupor.
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Padeen (6459)
2 years ago
A lot of good suggestions and I agree we should discourage hard drug use, specifically meth and heroin/fentanyl, which is a driving factor in this problem, but I see no reason why we can't regulate marijuana like we do with alcohol.
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Keelai (32738)
2 years ago
Legalized recreational marijuana only encourages increased use including among teens. Let the government find a more ethical way to make money. I read their next great idea is to legalize prostitution nationwide. How is encouraging women to be hookers good for society?
Alcohol is a horrible example considering the high rate of alcoholism, drunk driving, medical problems and violence associated with it. Another scourge on society.
We need to move in a more positive direction.
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Padeen (6459)
2 years ago
I guess arguing the pros and cons is redundant at this point because the overwhelming majority are in favor of it. Legalization is inevitable, so it only makes sense to set up a workable and well regulated industry.
Weed is already widely available to any teen who wants it, so maybe with a regulated market, we can slowly cut out the black market dealers. I mean, how often do we here about kids buying illegal moonshine? We don't, because it is a tightly regulated industry.
Do you at least agree with decriminalization? No consenting adult should be arrested for personal amounts imo.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/11/22/americans-overwhelmingly-say-marijuana-should-be-legal-for-medical-or-recreational-use/
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chilone (17400)
2 years ago
The only possible (very slight) hope humanity has is for people to realize that impairment is idiotic and it sucks.
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Padeen (6459)
2 years ago
I get it, but there's no reason to criminalize things that consenting adults can responsibly use.
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chilone (17400)
a year ago
I agree, which is why I said that the only hope is that people, as individuals grow up and come to realize that drugs and alcohol are stupid even if they're legal and "acceptable".
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Keelai (32738)
a year ago
The black market is not being cut out. Furthermore, the government now wants to legalize Psychedelics. When does this end?
Kids can get liquor at home.
Fewer teens wanted it before the government encouraged drug use by normalizing it. Btw, it's illegal for anyone under 21 to buy it, but that's where the new prospering black market comes in. Adults buy from them, too.
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Padeen (6459)
a year ago
Do you at least agree with decriminalization? Its actually a campaign promise by Biden which I hope he fulfills.
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Keelai (32738)
a year ago
I had no problem with medical use since it appeared to be the only thing that worked for some cancer patients, etc.. I'm 100% against decriminalization for recreational marijuana when it's a dangerous product and forces other people including children to breathe it in as second-hand smoke.
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