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Decriminalise all drugs (s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com)

alt texttweet by Johann Hari: The core of addiction is not wanting to be present in life, because pour life is too painful a place to be. This is why imposing more pain or punishment on a person with an addiction problem actually makes their addiction worse.

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[-] pascal@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

I get the sentiment, then after thinking about it 10 seconds, I thought "hold on, what about all the CEOs that snort cocaine on top of naked women? Is their life painful, too?"

[-] Syakaizin@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Because they aren't addicted? They're mostly social/opportunistic users of recreational drugs

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