Comments by "Ida Larsen" (@idalarsen2540) on "Lawyer of Texas doctor who violated 6-week ban issues DIRE warning (Nancy Northup interview)" video.
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@nehpets216 Absolutely agree! But, drugs shouldn't be illegal either - ESPECIALLY not criminalized, so all illicit drugs should be decriminalized. The fact of the matter is that by at least decriminalizing drugs, there's less harm done to both the individual drug user AND society at large. You know, by having the police, which is funded by tax payer dollars, spend time and resources chasing down, arresting and overall dealing with drug users at all is wasting time, money and resources that could be used more efficiently in other cases. Also, giving fines to drug users and seizing their drugs only harms the user, increasing the risk of them having to struggle even more than they already do with getting ahold of their drugs of need. This obiviously increases the risk of criminal behaviour even more, like theft for instance. Just one example out of several counterproductive effects policing non-violent drug users have. Overall, criminalized drug use harms everyone for several reasons, so keeping it illegal makes no sense at all.
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