Drug laws are hard - the reality is that enforcement is extremely biased along race and socioeconomic lines, but at the same time a bunch of drugs have real reasons for being banned.
The issue to me is how it becomes penalized - especially given the US response to ex-felons (and its use of felons as a non voting slave class) - it’s very easy for the result of a drug related offense to put people in a position where drugs are functionally the only practical option (either abuse or selling).
Wholesale decriminalization seems like a bad response based on the outcomes in many areas, but it really seems like there should be an option that doesn’t result in immediate criminal records for life.
The issue to me is how it becomes penalized - especially given the US response to ex-felons (and its use of felons as a non voting slave class) - it’s very easy for the result of a drug related offense to put people in a position where drugs are functionally the only practical option (either abuse or selling).
Wholesale decriminalization seems like a bad response based on the outcomes in many areas, but it really seems like there should be an option that doesn’t result in immediate criminal records for life.