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So the illegal drug trade is insanely hosed up as this article demonstrates https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/mar/25/trafficked-enslaved-teenagers-tending-uk-cannabis-farms-vietnamese Legal drugs would be good for all sorts of reasons but mostly I'm wondering why big pharmaceutical companies aren't lobbying to have drugs made legal because surely they would be the companies that would profit the most what with having all of the stuff needed to start bulk producing them
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mo money op as in its easier to make money when you join forces with other big lobbies like the prison industry instead of spending money on fighting them...plus chemical drugs are more complicated than growing pot, shrooms and other poo poo and so its easier to monopolize
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Oct 8, 2017 07:57
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they're making just as much money with legal drugs but, more importantly, the political forces that allow them to keep exploiting the healthcare system as much as they do (preventing any efficient public healthcare system) don't like those drugs, so there's a quid-pro-quo at play
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Oct 8, 2017 09:24
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Less competition this way.
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Oct 8, 2017 13:31
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opioids op
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Oct 8, 2017 13:57
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Big pharma is pushing for different legal drugs where they can control the supply chain right from the get-go, imo.
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Oct 8, 2017 14:01
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They basically did this for opioid painkillers by marketing them as cost effective pain management medicine to doctors. When people started getting addicted, the same companies started selling treatment for the same medicines they originally got the doctors to overprescribe. 
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Oct 8, 2017 14:35
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high risk w/ little projected gain op
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Oct 8, 2017 14:41
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that's the cia's turf, op.
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Oct 8, 2017 14:44
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legalize acid imho. I just want to be able to legally buy LSD made by Merck on Amazon prime
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Oct 8, 2017 16:38
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how you gonna patent drugs that have been around for decades
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Oct 8, 2017 17:45
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Mariana Horchata posted:high risk w/ little projected gain op
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Oct 8, 2017 17:55
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etalian posted:They basically did this for opioid painkillers by marketing them as cost effective pain management medicine to doctors. while at the same time lobbying to keep the straight stuff illegal
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Oct 8, 2017 21:30
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Mariana Horchata posted:legalize acid imho. I just want to be able to legally buy LSD made by Merck on Amazon prime I want a prime button but for pre-microdosed water filters
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Oct 9, 2017 18:45
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There would be big money in a drug that doesn't leave you feeling hosed up after taking it to get hosed up
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Oct 9, 2017 18:56
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Jose posted:There would be big money in a drug that doesn't leave you feeling hosed up after taking it to get hosed up Weed is like $1 a dose though and they want to charge $1000 a dose
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Oct 9, 2017 19:13
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i just want a list of various drug effects and to choose all the ones i want and have the machine give me the drug
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Oct 9, 2017 19:15
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Jose posted:i just want a list of various drug effects and to choose all the ones i want and have the machine give me the drug I want one of those fancy soda fountains where you can make a cocktail with flavors, but it uses hard drugs instead of soda
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Oct 9, 2017 19:22
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i want glands implanted in my body so i can make the drugs i want by simply concentrating
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Oct 9, 2017 19:24
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Dreddout posted:I want one of those fancy soda fountains where you can make a cocktail with flavors, but it uses hard drugs instead of soda With early 20th century era soda you can combine both in one!
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Oct 9, 2017 19:37
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Basically I want mdma with the euphoria from opiates, the visuals from acid and none of the struggling to piss. Make it taste nice too because mdma tastes just awful
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Oct 9, 2017 20:03
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As others have mentioned, they're already making money off opiates, and other things might just cut into their profits from drugs they already have a patent on. Regarding legalization, decriminalization is obviously a good idea, but I'm not so sure that legalizing stuff like opiates is a good idea. While most opiate addicts end up turning to illegal street drugs regardless, there's a minority (of which I am one) who likely would have never become addicted if not for legal opioids (either prescribed or grey market internet opioids). poo poo's just too risky, and there's no way for anyone to know whether they're someone who can handle it without addiction until they've already tried it (and at that point their life is already destroyed if they happen to be the sort of person who can't handle it). There's no reason not to legalize stuff like hallucinogens and what have you, though. It's just the "creates pure euphoria" drugs like opioids and stimulants that are exceptionally dangerous. edit: All this being said, harm reduction programs that offer "clean"/regulated opiates are definitely important. Street opiates are currently extremely dangerous largely because you don't really know what you're getting and if it's cut with something much stronger.
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Ytlaya posted:As others have mentioned, they're already making money off opiates, and other things might just cut into their profits from drugs they already have a patent on. what if we went for full legalization and plowed some of the billions we are plowing into enforcement for virtually no effect into drug treatment instead.
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Al! posted:what if we went for full legalization and plowed some of the billions we are plowing into enforcement for virtually no effect into drug treatment instead. Hopefully we break the 12 step stranglehold on drug treatment along with doing that
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