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Originally Posted by [MERIT]
Didn't mean to over-share like Chula.
I'm truly sorry to hear about your brother. Losing a sibling is never easy.
I honestly think that the U.S. [and other countries] should take Portugal's lead and legalize ALL drugs, treating addiction as a health problem, rather than a criminal issue. The U.S. states that have legalized recreational cannabis have had nothing but great results [fewer people incarcerated = less strain on tax payers, revenue from taxation of the cannabis funds infrastructure, decreased drug crime rates, etc.]. Though, I will say that the taxes on recreational cannabis can be egregious [Washington's is like 37%].
On a side note, I was thinking the other day. Don't remember what the medium was, but it was something about somebody cutting themself to relieve stress [self-harm]. And It got me to thinking, should addiction be classified as self-harm?
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Yes. As much as people can't control themselves, they willingly know that doing drugs could kill them at any point. Although cutting yourself while
not under the influence I guess could be a different type of discussion.