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Clearly they cannot. They had already banned selling alcohol to kids.
by it_citizen 1y ago
Clearly they cannot. They had already banned selling alcohol to kids.
- mirekrusin 1y agoDrugs too. Doesn't seem to stop ones that want to do it though by looking at some neighbourhoods.
- mdp2021 1y agoGiven that incompetent families will always exist, you ban drugs because of the social consequences of the phenomenon - the damages are evaluated as high. For other indulgences, social damages may vary.
- mirekrusin 1y agoThe problem with this kind of thinking is that you're funelling large streams of money into pockets of criminals. You're also not solving anything, in practice people keep buying it - without actual minor controls (unlike ie. alcohol or tobacco) and with blurred perception (ie. same dude probably deals weed, cocaine, heroine, whatever). It is shifting market to black side with all negative consequences that come with it. It creates this disgusting alternative, unofficial layers in cities where law enforcement long ago gave up on enforcing this ban and ordinary people learn/know to stay the fuck out and ignore.
- nashashmi 1y agoIt does stop kids from being openly advertised drugs and makes it difficult for kids to get drugs. That is the whole point of legislation, not to eliminate but mitigate.
- DocTomoe 1y agoI can assure you the average teenager in a western country has absolutely zero issues getting their weed. In fact, the older you get, the harder it becomes (as your social circle tends to shrink once you have a job).
- nashashmi 1y agoI was a teen in the west. And I knew kids who had a hard time getting weed. Some got ripped off with stuff that was fake.
- jajko 1y agoLOL. You should walk around some french cities a bit. Getting drugs for locals is certainly not a problem, despite harsh punishments like its 80s.
- nashashmi 1y agoOk. Now suppose for a minute you go to a city place where you know absolutely no one. Whom do you ask for drug advice now?
- jajko 1y agoThat's very easy - go to area of train station, or some nearby park, and look for immigrant-looking people just standing around, trying to keep eye contact with passers or saying quietly "bonjour". 95% of the time you will get exactly what you want, otherwise it would be some form of "desolee". This is obvious, everybody knows and sees it, en masse (as in you are choosing from tens of such people in given area).
- mirekrusin 1y agoIn theory yes, in practice no. It's smarter to legalise it, it cuts off income source for criminals, creates taxable income that can be actually used to fund help centers etc.