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mightyham01/22/20254 repliesview on HN

It's clear you don't personally know anyone who has been affected by a serious drug addiction. It is devastating not just for them, but their family and everyone that cares about them. It's unbelievable to me anyone could claim that dealing drugs is a victimless crime.


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sneak01/23/2025

Almost everyone I know has been personally affected by serious drug addiction. Alcohol, opiates, cocaine, marijuana, cigarettes, even gambling if you count such things.

I still support the abolition of all bans and controls on access to drugs.

Destroying one’s own self has no victims, any more than bodybuilding does. If we should be free to build ourselves, we should be free to destroy ourselves.

Please don’t assume anyone who disagrees with your philosophy is naive or lacks empathy.

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carlosjobim01/22/2025

Those kind of drugs are bought by traditional street criminals. Darknet it's mostly about psychedelics and such.

richwater01/22/2025

A lack of personal responsibility is tragic, but hardly the fault of Mcdonalds when someone has a heart attack.

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1515501/22/2025

How are liquor stores functionally different?