I found the question come up on both communist and anarchist subs, and the difference in responses was quite striking.
As a longtime PTSD sufferer who self-medicates to the hilt just to do simple things like fall asleep or leave the house, the idea that I would either lose access to, be forced underground, or prosecuted for my recreational habits terrifies me.
I understand the rationale is in a functioning communist state, I would no longer feel the need for those drugs. Does it follow the science of recreational marijuana, psychedelics, ADHD, anxiety, depression, etc.? Or is the ambition to ween everyone off? And does that apply for all manner of distraction and entertainment as well?
Not at all. If you want to regulate ppls access to drugs you're a scold, fuck you
Nah. I think there are limits to this. For example, I don't want people to have access to carfentanil. This shit is 100 times as potent (in terms of effect per unit mass) as fentanyl. It's more a bioweapon than a drug, but it's very much both.
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The therapeutic ratio for both fentanyl and carfentanil are considerably higher than more conventional opioids, making them actually safer when administered with the right equipment and techniques.
when your level of socio-political maturity is that of a 12 year old
"we're gonna take away your drugs" is gonna win exactly 0 people over to the left but good luck
It's not even about some strategic posturing for me. I'm a communist because the exploitation and alienation our society is built upon is wrong, and we need to transition all of humanity to a system without those components. Marky Marx and Lenin describe the only workable way I see to do that, and that is right, so that's what I believe. Imagine being so white (or white on the inside 👀) that you want to continue a war on drugs built around facilitating exploitation. That's wrong, so I don't believe it. I don't know how anyone can. 🤷♀️