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pstuart on Jan 27, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Petition to Repeal the DMCA

No, all drugs should be legalized and regulated. Note how well prohibition worked for alcohol in the past.

Regulate for purity, educate for use, and provide medical help for those that need it.

Making drugs illegal doesn't stop people from using them; my brother died of a heroin overdose so this is an issue very close to my heart.

citricsquid on Jan 27, 2013 [–]

I was (mistakenly) using banned to mean "not allowed and isn't used" (hence the final qualifier, that it would never work). I'll edit my comment to reflect what I actually meant.

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