• Dae@pawb.social
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    6 days ago

    This isn’t good news. This is going to make it harder to stop, unless they aren’t making it a criminal offense.

    Ban the sale, sure. Penalize people peddling this poison, but encourage smokers to get help. Make it harder to start and to keep going, but make it easier and more incentivized to stop.

    Laws do not, have not, and will not ever stop people from abusing subatances. They just make it harder to get help and create stigma.

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      2 days ago

      Why would it be harder to stop if you are not allowed to buy them? The people who are already old enough to smoke will be able to continue.

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        2 days ago

        No, I’m not saying “keep selling them legally,” I’m saying “don’t criminalize posession/usage.” Lock up the people selling, not the people buying/using.

        If you make it harder to get their fix than it is to quit, you make it harder for sellers to keep clients and eventually suffocate that whole market.