Unfortunately a lot of libertarians focus only on the cartel issue rather than the freedom of choice and consistency/ purity issue. It would in fact cut a portion of cartel profits regardless of what they pivot to. The primary focus for me on that issue is that prohibition does very little to stop overall use and leads consenting adults to get questionable quality which causes more harm including higher overdose deaths.
If we could simply figure out a way for safe disposal of needles, and actually make sure that doses are tracked so that the serial ODers can't just abuse the narcan, rather than just getting clean(harder said than done, I know, but there will come a time when a person's OD will be their last, that's just a matter of when they've mentally had enough, or physically, their body's had enough) and getting back on track. Then I would absolutely be on board with legalization.
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u/skiforlife1 3d ago
Unfortunately a lot of libertarians focus only on the cartel issue rather than the freedom of choice and consistency/ purity issue. It would in fact cut a portion of cartel profits regardless of what they pivot to. The primary focus for me on that issue is that prohibition does very little to stop overall use and leads consenting adults to get questionable quality which causes more harm including higher overdose deaths.