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Hello all, I’ve been doing a lot of research lately on drug policy reform— specifically turning it into a matter of public health rather than criminal justice. I would like to discuss how this could actually get done— ideally at the state level as to make the scope less ambitious. What legislation could a member of Congress / various committees like the ONDCP or HELP introduce in order to achieve this?
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The argument tends to be (and real-world practice and research tends to bear this out) that legalization and regulation leads to a normalization of use and of an informed supply.
Part of the problem with illicit drugs is there's zero guarantees about what you're getting in terms of purity or quality and it's much easier to take more than you should. There's also a lack of good information which means people are using drugs of unverifiable purity without access to information as to how to utilize them in a way less prone to create habituation.
There's going to be a subset of people who misuse these substances, but that's a deal we seem to be willing to accept with alcohol.