It is the criminalization of drugs more than the drugs themselves that causes most our problems.
continues tragically apace. If we are serious about ending the latter it’s time to apply the lessons of the former. That may seem counter-intuitive. After all, cannabis is a comparatively safe substance and opioids are often deadly. That doesn’t make criminalization the cure. Criminalization is a formidable barrier to treatment and enhances risk on a number of fronts.
, and many other deadly adulterants. Only a small fraction of the overdoses stem from the use of legally prescribed opioids, with the vast majority arising from illegally bought contaminated drugs.We’ve known that legal or decriminalized drugs are safer than those bought in the underground market since the early 20century when we launched our disastrous experiment with alcohol prohibition. Those years—from 1920 to 1933—saw a proliferation of poisonings from a tainted supply.
This can’t be done in the ‘free for all’ manner of cannabis dispensaries as opioids have much more potential for harm and need to be more strictly regulated. The dispensing of opioids should be part of a treatment regimen. The access could take the form of government-controlled stores. Potentially, people could present a card from their doctors. The access would have to be very low threshold for patients, in order to circumvent the illicit market.
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