sabbah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAlcohol poisoning kills 17 in Iran, many left blindlocklemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareGlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoPretty sure this is exactly why prohibition failed.
minus-squarerunswithjedi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, principled laws are always doomed to fail. We’re all human and the laws we make should reflect that.
minus-squareGlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIf a prohibiting law makes the addictive substance more harmful to addicts, you have failed the people you’re trying to protect.
minus-squareEsotericEmbryo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOr it lets you profit off of their free slave labor while keeping the status quo of society in check when you enact manhunts on the addicts. Which is exactly what happens.
Pretty sure this is exactly why prohibition failed.
Yeah, principled laws are always doomed to fail. We’re all human and the laws we make should reflect that.
If a prohibiting law makes the addictive substance more harmful to addicts, you have failed the people you’re trying to protect.
Or it lets you profit off of their free slave labor while keeping the status quo of society in check when you enact manhunts on the addicts. Which is exactly what happens.