In the current material conditions we're in (everything is the same, we're still in hellworld, but the drug laws are the ideal for these conditions)?
In a social democratic state?
In a socialist state?
In FALGSC?
Would the policies actually change at all in any of these?
Country with no public heatlhcare: Decriminalize. I don't think legalisation would work, prescription opioids haven't exactly gone well.
Country with public healthcare, but that's being undermined by capital/reactionaries: Decriminalize + some strictly regulated state production of particular drugs that are low risk or can be used to minimise harm (cannabis, meth & opiate alternatives that are better than methadone maybe?)
Country with strong public healthcare: Legalisation, state production, have to have a script, good addiction policy/treatment, absolutely no profit incentives anywhere.
I don't really know tbh, decriminalization is obvious but legalising seems to come down to specific policy and regulation, which is context dependent. Giving heroin to everyone that requests it seems like a bad idea, but at the same time the MDMA quality sucks here and I want a solid connect to have a day off from the doomerism once in a while.
I kind of agree with this. We don't need to be giving Heroin out to people who've literally never done opiates before, the point is to reduce addiction. If they want to try opiates they can do Kratom.
Legalization and distribution should be enacted as an extension to Methadone programs but without all of the ridiculous rules that only exist to ensure not many people can get the treatment. Rules like needing to go in every single day to take your dose and not being allowed to smoke weed. Shit like that forces people back onto street drugs.
The whole program should be much more lax and should include an option to receive other commonly used opiates like heroin, morphine, and oxycodone. People who can demonstrate a history of opiate addiction should be allowed to get these as a prescription for harm reduction purposes.
Much safer than the alternative of people stealing to fund a habit of stepped on drugs laced with who knows what.