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Quite an upgrade from a parent-dependent antisocial NEET.

With that I can agree, while still holding to the position that drug supply should be criminalized.

This simply shouldn't be considered as a solution in and of itself.

Sounds like more of a criminal justice issue than anything. It's important enough to work on it instead of admitting defeat.

I know many drugs are used for medical purposes, but this is normally a "lesser evil" kind of situation where drugs are prescribed under heavy control to mitigate the effects of bad diseases and terrible symptoms.

US is actually quite lax at times on their regulation in that particular sphere.

On a personal note, I reciprocate yours.

People have right to make decisions about their own bodies and health

Drugs are one of people's only outlets

Don't you see the issue on the intersection of these two points? People usually don't make a free choice to go for drugs, they do it to make their life feel more bearable.

Solution? Don't rally for drugs, rally for improving life conditions so that people wouldn't try to escape reality.

It is true that many drug users never actually get their lives ruined over it.

But drugs are still negatively impacting their health, and there is always a risk of addiction forming and getting out of control.

I live in a country where drugs are illegal, but alcohol is "alright". Should I say people fuck up their health big time, and many, especially among men, do face issues with alcohol addiction? And those that go for drugs anyway rarely actually recover?

My take: people don't need drugs. People need an improvement in material and mental wellbeing, and drugs (and alcohol) are there as a form of escaping a poor reality. Drugs are just the way to make the world more bearable and "fun", to try to squeeze happiness from a grim reality, without thinking much of what it costs in the long run.

Apparently it is a hot take nowadays.

Guys, drugs are dangerous, unhealthy and you may not be able to recognize deep addiction and stop when you absolutely should.

That's it. There are better ways to have fun, I promise.

Drug use is bad for health and absolutely does have the potential to spiral into a destructive addiction. Alcohol is a drug, by the way.

With that said, criminalizing drug use barely helps anyone - but the distribution must remain illegal.

Let's hope people won't get so reliant on LLMs and so uncritical they follow through

Heat pump was one of the inventions I thought of in my childhood and was like "oh, it actually works and is good" as an adult.

Of course, the child version was along the lines of "what if we take fridge, put the cold end out and hot end in", but you see the point.

I think what people here miss out is that it's not meant to immediately become a retail choice.

First, some specific industries might be interested, then others, then, maybe, common consumers.

I'd even go as far as to say your data is way less likely to hurt you when abused abroad than domestically.

And we know American hardware does, indeed, have backdoors.