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napoleon_in_rags

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2. This really should be step 2 for drug reforms.
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 08:14 PM
Apr 2013

1) Marijuana legal for recreational use
2) Psychedelics legal for use in a controlled, therapeutic setting (not legal for recreation use) for a purpose, like treating depression.
3) nicotine substitutes like e-cigarettes, gum etc/ eventually replacing cigarettes (no more kids addicted by second hand smoke) with a long term goal of a nicotine free world in a decade or two.
4) some minor reforms to alcohol laws to help prevent alcoholism.

That's my opinion based on what I've read and how I've seen drugs damage people. There was a lot of work that suggested that a quick hit to the brain with MDMA or Psilocybin in a controlled setting could have positive effects in re-wiring the brain, like electroshock. There are three kinds of people with regards to nicotine. Those who don't like it and don't do it, and those who don't like and do it because they are addicted, and those who are really in the second group, but claim to like it because they are ashamed they lack the willpower to quit. Alcohol can be fine for people, until it turns into an every day thing. We've all seen people spiral into self destruction through alcohol.

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