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>unless you buy in TOR
>TOR
It's not capitalized, brah.
>my friends told me they would rather like drugs to be legal and taxed because then they would have certainity that drugs are of ok quality as opposed to nowaday situation when you cannot get legit information about quality of drugs
That is true, as far as drugs being legal goes. Right now, consumers pay more for a lower quality to make up for the risk that the drug dealer takes. If the risk was much lower, then drugs would be sold cheaper, and the consumers could afford higher quality for their money. Also, the fact that the drug market is completely underground, without any reliable reviews or arbitration processes, also makes drug use a more dangerous activity.
In all this, it's good if libertarians don't forget that drug use is not just degenerate, it's also the epitome of high time preference behavior. At least when we talk about opioids and the like, but weed is also shit. The people that use the same needle as ten other guys to inject some shit into their veins that a guy named "Pitbull" sold them are not going to suddenly start caring about themselves and reading all the customer reviews before they take it. Don't expect magic from drug legalization. Expect things to get better, just no magic.
The good, reasonable drug users eventually stop taking it. Or, they become high-functioning users, although I am not aware that there are many high-functioning opioid addicts.
The reason why I want drugs legalized is because I think that we have no right to aggress against consumers, or against dealers who sell to mature consumers. I think they commit a moral evil, but their punishment, so to speak, is that they ruin their bodies and tarnish their souls. In case they don't, they haven't done anything to deserve harm. Nature runs its course and ensures that the addict gets whatever he deserves.
Further on the sociological side, we have seen the effects of the drug war. Drug users have it harder to keep their shit together and find help. I helped a friend overcome a cocaine addiction. When she gave herself a fix after an hour of negotiating with me on the phone, and I saw how "happy" she was, I broke down crying. But eventually, she defeated her addiction, and could even resist cocaine when it was right in front of her. I know that a thousand mothers, fathers, spouses, siblings, and dear friends before me have done the same. Meanwhile, what do the people at the DEA and the local police departments do? Blackmail children into snitching on dangerous drug dealers, and lock suspected dealers away without trial until they almost die from thirst. Both things happened. I know playing holier-than-thou is seen as bad manners, but I'll just go ahead and say that I have every right to look down on these predators. Assholes. I made many mistakes in my life but getting a kid dismembered by drug dealers is not one of them.