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Old May 10, 2016, 08:36 AM
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Do you think that (trade and/or use of) street drugs should be legalised?

I think it would be best to legalise the trade and use (without prescription) of pretty much all street drugs (maybe with the exception of heroin).

I think it's best to make pretty much all exclusively/mostly psychotropic substances OTC (not lithium, not morphine; all forms of lithium might be best made prescription-only).

I think it would greatly improve self-medication, making it more effective and generally more healthy. It might also close the gap between "them" and "us", but there might need to be some more incentive for people to try it, or the gap might grow larger.

It would make it easier to substitute one drug with another.

All the investments to fight the trade and use of illicit drugs now, may be used to help people with addiction (you don't need street drugs to get addicted, obviously).

I am especially interested in what those with (a past of) drug addiction think is best, but all comments/reactions are welcome, obviously.
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