That doesn’t speak to my statement. Obviously the meme is geared towards the aforementioned 10-15% of users of any substance.
My statement speaks to the fact that those problematic users should receive help, and that drug dealers are parasitical entities which are committing acts akin to murder or genocide.
meme is geared towards the aforementioned 10-15% of users of any substance
I’d say that’s arguable but even so, your statement wasn’t geared that way. You said “users” without qualification, not “problematic users”. I’m simply pointing out that there’s distinction between the two and one should not throw the baby out with the bathwater by assuming that all drug users are problematic drug users and then creating laws based on that very flawed assumption.
drug dealers are parasitical entities which are committing acts akin to murder or genocide
Some are. Some are decent and are helping people out because the government has chosen to put the mutli-billion dollar industry into the hands of criminal gangs (the parasitical entities). Again, don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. When society eventually pulls its head out of its ass and legalises and regulates drugs, I’ll bet a large proportion of the people staffing the specialist pharmacies will be those same drug dealers doing what they always did, just in a legalised context: not only supplying but offering advice and guidance to keep people safe.
Users should be provided treatment, dealers should be charged with manslaughter or murder.
UNODC estimates that only 10-15% of drug use is problematic. That means 85-90% of users are in no need of treatment.
That doesn’t speak to my statement. Obviously the meme is geared towards the aforementioned 10-15% of users of any substance.
My statement speaks to the fact that those problematic users should receive help, and that drug dealers are parasitical entities which are committing acts akin to murder or genocide.
I’d say that’s arguable but even so, your statement wasn’t geared that way. You said “users” without qualification, not “problematic users”. I’m simply pointing out that there’s distinction between the two and one should not throw the baby out with the bathwater by assuming that all drug users are problematic drug users and then creating laws based on that very flawed assumption.
Some are. Some are decent and are helping people out because the government has chosen to put the mutli-billion dollar industry into the hands of criminal gangs (the parasitical entities). Again, don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. When society eventually pulls its head out of its ass and legalises and regulates drugs, I’ll bet a large proportion of the people staffing the specialist pharmacies will be those same drug dealers doing what they always did, just in a legalised context: not only supplying but offering advice and guidance to keep people safe.
At least some countries like Portugal are getting there.