• runswithjedi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, principled laws are always doomed to fail. We’re all human and the laws we make should reflect that.

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      1 year ago

      If a prohibiting law makes the addictive substance more harmful to addicts, you have failed the people you’re trying to protect.

      • EsotericEmbryo@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Or it lets you profit off of their free slave labor while keeping the status quo of society in check when you enact manhunts on the addicts. Which is exactly what happens.