Comment · Thu, September 5, 2013
RANT on "Should ALL drugs be legal?"
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I am a firm believer that I have the right to put whatever chemical I want in my body (from a legal standpoint), and I am not alone in this mindset. This logical type of thinking brings a lot of us to the idea that all drugs should be legal and regulated. I used to agree with this for a long time until one day I was browsing the web and noticed that Scopolamine could be easily bought with a quick click and a loss of a small amount of btc. I do understand that this drug can be used recreationally at low doses, but the majority of the time it is not. What I am trying to say is what is the rebuttal to the argument that not all drugs are used for recreation and therefore should be prohibited? Some are used to rape, poison, torture, etc. We could just say "Oh, well, only some drugs should be legal and regulated," but doesn't that defeat the argument that once drugs are legal and regulated, people can approach them safely? If we went ahead and legalized marijuana, psychedelics, dissociatives, mdma, and just about any other favorable drug without legalizing "life-ruining" drugs like methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, scopolamine, rufilin, etc., what are we accomplishing? The existence of…
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[deleted] · 1 points
Okay, so answer this for me at least, as I agree with you a lot. Why should pure scopolamine be manufactured and sold? What are the pros to having this chemical that much more available?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
It should be manufactured and sold for use in motion and sea sickness formulations. Or as a sedative on it's own, or mixed with opiates. Or simply for those that want to try it out. I highly doubt usage would change at all.
There are many poisons you can get legally right now. I don't like the idea of outright outlawing substances. Regulation as to their use and what they can be put in, yes. Complete bans? No.