As others have pointed out drug criminalisation and the war on drugs has been used to persecute minority groups. However I also just don’t think that making them illegal does anything to stop people from using them. This has already historically been proven back in the 1920s when prohibition was a thing. It just meant that people began drinking alcohol illegally. Alcohol related deaths actually went up during prohibition specifically because it wasn’t being regulated.
Yeah making it illegal essentially removes justice from the working class.
Imaigne you buy a beer at a shop but it turns out it has paint thinner in it and you die. Your relatives can sue the manufacturer and recieve compensation in money and prison time + making sure the company that did that never does it again.
If a dealer cuts your shit and you die the only retribution you can hope for is either the state brutalizing them or someone killing them. It creates cycles of violence. Even in this case the police arent going to compensate the victims family, its inherently a system where the upper class are no longer liable.
As others have pointed out drug criminalisation and the war on drugs has been used to persecute minority groups. However I also just don’t think that making them illegal does anything to stop people from using them. This has already historically been proven back in the 1920s when prohibition was a thing. It just meant that people began drinking alcohol illegally. Alcohol related deaths actually went up during prohibition specifically because it wasn’t being regulated.
Yeah making it illegal essentially removes justice from the working class.
Imaigne you buy a beer at a shop but it turns out it has paint thinner in it and you die. Your relatives can sue the manufacturer and recieve compensation in money and prison time + making sure the company that did that never does it again.
If a dealer cuts your shit and you die the only retribution you can hope for is either the state brutalizing them or someone killing them. It creates cycles of violence. Even in this case the police arent going to compensate the victims family, its inherently a system where the upper class are no longer liable.