Strange article. It makes little argument for why the war on drugs is worth fighting despite decades of evidence to the contrary, and why we would therefore want a Churchill rather than a Chamberlain to do so.
The question is not whether drug use is good and should be encouraged, but whether the criminal justice system is an appropriate to tool to curb its harms.
A quick look at the Japanese legal system tells me that’s not something I want to pursue here.
This article, complete with “knowing” (and incorrect) slang implies that cannabis use is fundamentally negative.
And it definitely can be. Just like alcohol.
On the other hand as medicine it can be amazingly powerful (a much better painkiller for chronic pain than opiates), for depression and anxiety (in the correct doses) and for creativity and fun.
In an ideal world, no one would want any mind altering substances. But we don’t live in an ideal world.
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Strange article. It makes little argument for why the war on drugs is worth fighting despite decades of evidence to the contrary, and why we would therefore want a Churchill rather than a Chamberlain to do so.
The question is not whether drug use is good and should be encouraged, but whether the criminal justice system is an appropriate to tool to curb its harms.
A quick look at the Japanese legal system tells me that’s not something I want to pursue here.
This article, complete with “knowing” (and incorrect) slang implies that cannabis use is fundamentally negative.
And it definitely can be. Just like alcohol.
On the other hand as medicine it can be amazingly powerful (a much better painkiller for chronic pain than opiates), for depression and anxiety (in the correct doses) and for creativity and fun.
In an ideal world, no one would want any mind altering substances. But we don’t live in an ideal world.