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Yes for some specific reasons. There was a study done by the Department of Health (I believe) in the 1910s before the Marijuana Tax Act, in the 1970s before the Controlled Substances Act, and in 2011 or 2013 I can't remember which. Those studies all found that 3% of our nation is addicted to a nonalchohol drug. We need to stop treating it as a criminal problem which hasn't helped addiction rates and treat it as a health problem. Norway hasn't had a heroin overdose in years and the reason is the government provides it. They get clean needles and regulated doses to ensure they don't overdose. Regulating doses prevents overdoses and also regulating would prevent cutting with other substances. People would have better access to legitamite rehab programs instead of the revolving door ones we have now and we would take a vast majority of the nonviolent people out of jail for an addiction or risk taking personality. Also, we have had a rise in dangerous things like spice trying to provide a legal alternative to weed which is the least deadly of all.
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[–] lordnahte2 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yes for some specific reasons. There was a study done by the Department of Health (I believe) in the 1910s before the Marijuana Tax Act, in the 1970s before the Controlled Substances Act, and in 2011 or 2013 I can't remember which. Those studies all found that 3% of our nation is addicted to a nonalchohol drug. We need to stop treating it as a criminal problem which hasn't helped addiction rates and treat it as a health problem. Norway hasn't had a heroin overdose in years and the reason is the government provides it. They get clean needles and regulated doses to ensure they don't overdose. Regulating doses prevents overdoses and also regulating would prevent cutting with other substances. People would have better access to legitamite rehab programs instead of the revolving door ones we have now and we would take a vast majority of the nonviolent people out of jail for an addiction or risk taking personality. Also, we have had a rise in dangerous things like spice trying to provide a legal alternative to weed which is the least deadly of all.