Age laws (children have developing brains and are not assumed to be able to legally consent)
Right to treatment for addiction.
Right to know what substance you are using (free of contamination, if it's cut the carrier substance should be disclosed)
Prohibition on operating heavy equipment or weapons while high.
I think that about covers it for me.
Quality control and honest labeling type laws, similar to what we expect for food and beer.
Laws around operating vehicles and such while under the influence, similar to alcohol.
Keep it out of the hands of children an teenagers. Providing it to anyone of those groups should be punished severely.
No driving under influence. Zero tolerance for any intoxicating or sensory depriving substance.
Adults should be allowed to freely make their own choices regarding drugs, unless it harms others. They shouldn't be allowed to drive or operate dangerous machines while on drugs. They shouldn't be allowed to use excessive drugs while doing jobs they need to be sober for like being a doctor or teacher. Someone who has committed serious crimes while on drugs should have their privileges restricted.
Doing drugs in and of itself should NOT be a crime. Those with addictions should be offered treatment free of judgment. The government should also educate people on the dangers.
Don't drive while on drugs or operate other heavy machinery.
There should be strict laws regarding advertising for all drugs including alcohol.
Clear labeling so you know exactly what you're getting.
Reasonable age restrictions.
Cutoff guidelines and restrictions for anyone who dispenses such substances.
If there are additional taxes on these substances, that money should go towards rehab, research, etc.
And obviously it should be illegal to trick people into taking these or allow anyone to consume them without knowing what they're having (I'm bitter about potluck events where people don't mention there's drugs in the desserts they brought).
Broadly speaking laws should centre around enabling people to make choices in an informed and safe manner.
If a product is not what it says it is then people can't mame that choice properly, so laws around quality control and labeling are a must.
Advertising often clouds decisions and frequently reaches audiences outside the target market, driving consumption by kids etc, so none of that please.
Tax should be significant on these items, but not high enough to leave illegal supply competitive or even cheap by comparison. Otherwise you get an increase in gang activity like we have had from raising our tobacco prices over the last 20 years.
Drugs should be legal. Period. Full stop.
If what you do while on drugs is illegal, being on drugs isn't an excuse.
My view is simple: complete personal liberty until your actions impact someone else.
If someone wants to sit at home and use drugs, even severe ones, without harming anyone, that's their business. But the moment you get behind the wheel or cause harm to others while under the influence (whether it's meth, alcohol, or prescriptions), it should act as a major sentencing modifier.
We allow people to destroy their own physical property, like taking a sledgehammer to their own car in their driveway, as long as it doesn't harm neighbors or commit fraud. The government shouldn't treat a person's body with less autonomy than their personal property.
As with any product a safety standard should be introduced so people who want a particular... amount¿ are getting it and not some diluted or cut down version.
If they are allowed to advertise, it should be 100% fact based in it's approach. No more camels wearing sunglasses while smoking or sexy actors at a rooftop party drinking alcohol in front of a magnificent night panorama of skyscrapers while smiling and laughing together. No happy people skipping through the sunflowers after shooting up black tar heroin. No partner advertising between the movie TRON and hallucinagen sellers. Sellers could basically only list their cost per quantity, info about the manufacturing process, and any purity measurements with no emotional appeals, bandwagoning, colorful cartoon characters, etc. With something potentially addictive and harmful, we have a moral duty not to allow anyone who sells using logical falacies and dark patterns to have a platform.
Warning lables should be super clear and the package should be otherwise 100% plain. Some substances may still warrant a ban, I'm undecided, but if they are allowed, they should probably not be advertised. People who want them, will be able to find them.
These products should be strictly regulated and taxed heavily. The taxes should be used to provide free and low cost drug counseling services, addiction treatment, on-site testing, and other similar services related to harm reduction, protecting communities, and absorbing the financial costs of having them legalized (i.e. regulation enforcement).
Alcohol is a recreational drug so something like that.
Mixed feelings as I'm all for unregulated legal hemp and think it ridiculous that big canna is trying to shut it down, but i don't like shit that's mixed up from stuff under someone's kitchen sink.
I agree with most the thread on ads. Manipulation markets for mind altering substances sounds and are dystopian to me.
Taxes should be normal rate for goods and services + the public cost to research harmful effects + cost to migate/solve harmful effects.
If that industry leads to children being abanded by or essetially abanded by their parents then the cost to raise and care for those kids and help them navigate that trauma needs to be reapplied back to that industry. Both income and sales taxes should be applied as needed (for example if research suggested a higher sales tax would just be circumvented by black markets).
21+, fair labeling, and being responsible for our own use.
Alcohol is statistically the most harmful drug[0], so ban alcohol and legalise and regulate the others like we currently do with alcohol.
It's all fun and games until it ruins your life. I support a total ban, akin to gambling. There's no reason anyone needs to do it.
People should be punished for financially supporting violent cartels, which we know you do when you buy e.g. coke.
heroin and meth, is probably the one that should be monitored heavily. Opiods should be regulated.
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