Should definitely be legalized and heavily regulated. Can’t really believe it’s the year 2022 and we’re still treating drugs with the 20th Century morals.
However I suspect the drug dealers won’t just disappear, but move on to other substances. Hopefully the market for those will be smaller but I have no idea. Thinking of synthetic drugs.
Ending alcohol prohibition effectively ended bootlegging I believe.
And for the most part, synthetic drugs are a reaction to prohibition, either to stay ahead of substances that have been scheduled as illegal or to provide drugs that can be made in-region to avoid the risk of smuggling. There is little organic demand for such drugs, and it would be much safer if people had access to pure forms of their drug of choice, i.e. cocaine and heroin
The newer "synthetic" (not all are actually fully synthetic) are partially a reaction to prohibition, at least most of the underground availability is a reaction. Some of these compounds have genuinely unique and interesting effects such as the auditory hallucinations of DiPT.
We really need to be able to explore these compounds and their pharmacodynamics, they can teach us so much about the brain
Synthetics should be legal too. There won't be anything for them to move to if we actually move forward with legalization and regulation of psychoactives.
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However I suspect the drug dealers won’t just disappear, but move on to other substances. Hopefully the market for those will be smaller but I have no idea. Thinking of synthetic drugs.