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JennItalia269 t1_j3ew4kk wrote

Reply to comment by towerninja in [New York Times] Tranq Dope: Animal Sedative Mixed With Fentanyl Brings Fresh Horror to U.S. Drug Zones by Hoyarugby

Legalization is probably the only remaining solution because everything else has been a miserable failure.

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towerninja t1_j3fdjeu wrote

Aside from everything I already mentioned and other social benefits. It instantly puts drug dealers out of business freeing up police for other things

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TreeMac12 t1_j3h0c45 wrote

That’s naive. Oxycodone and Percocet are legal drugs and they are still sold by armed, illegal drug dealers in McPherson Square. So no, it doesn’t put them out of business “instantly.”

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towerninja t1_j3h40fi wrote

I'm not talking about legal by prescription. I talking about legal for recreational use where anyone of age can go buy whatever they want. So yes it does instantly put drug dealers out of business. Also I can almost guarantee you can't buy oxycodone in Mcfoerson square! You can probably buy counterfeit pills made from fentanyl though

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TreeMac12 t1_j3h95sq wrote

Just like no one sells weed anymore except dispensaries

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towerninja t1_j3i57rp wrote

Weed isn't federally legal and it did fuck up the street business in places like Colorado

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