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Comment by nashashmi

2 months ago

It does stop kids from being openly advertised drugs and makes it difficult for kids to get drugs. That is the whole point of legislation, not to eliminate but mitigate.

I can assure you the average teenager in a western country has absolutely zero issues getting their weed. In fact, the older you get, the harder it becomes (as your social circle tends to shrink once you have a job).

  • I was a teen in the west. And I knew kids who had a hard time getting weed. Some got ripped off with stuff that was fake.

In theory yes, in practice no. It's smarter to legalise it, it cuts off income source for criminals, creates taxable income that can be actually used to fund help centers etc.

LOL. You should walk around some french cities a bit. Getting drugs for locals is certainly not a problem, despite harsh punishments like its 80s.

  • Ok. Now suppose for a minute you go to a city place where you know absolutely no one. Whom do you ask for drug advice now?

    • That's very easy - go to area of train station, or some nearby park, and look for immigrant-looking people just standing around, trying to keep eye contact with passers or saying quietly "bonjour".

      95% of the time you will get exactly what you want, otherwise it would be some form of "desolee". This is obvious, everybody knows and sees it, en masse (as in you are choosing from tens of such people in given area).