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Devil’s advocate–some of the examples in this thread are of people doing drugs to the point of triggering negative externalities.

Is there a point at which drug use should be considered antisocial and unacceptable?

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Legalizing drug use does not shield them from liability for committing crimes.

But it allows for an increase of the frequency at which those crimes are committed - at which point it’s too late. Sure, can punish the criminal afterwards, but the victim has already sufferred.

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