Comment by tokai
3 days ago
It's such things that reveal the cruelty in our sociaties. The evidence is very clear; it reduces deaths and improves health, while also reducing crime. But its still not the default the world over because its apparently a hard sell to give addicts anything for free. The other comments here show the sentiments nicely.
There is no need to give it for free. It costs very little to produce, most of the cost is just risk and irregular logistics. Just sell it over the counter at walmart for $5 just like they do rat poison, bottles of vodka, and ammunition.
You might say they won't be able to sell enough foodstamps or welfare even then to come up with the money legally, but it'd still be way less crime.
People don't get addicted to rat poison or ammunition (usually). But you have got a point on vodka. There is little reason to treat alcohol (and worse, nicotine) as any different than most addictive substances. Drug policy is totally irrational
alcohol is a far cry away from opiates. they should just allow everything. its actually effective in drastically reducing abuse. since use is normalized it become easier to have social control form peers etc. and that works really well actually. Additionally it would allow for stable products which means more safe products.