Colombia’s president: Legalize cocaine, it’s no worse than whiskey

[mothmandelorian@lemmy.world]

You can grow coca plants in other nations. It grows in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil and Venezuela.

[conditional_soup@lemm.ee]

Cocaine, like, regular chemical cocaine, is also used as a vasopressor (think Epinephrine) in Europe.

[yetanotheruser@discuss.tchncs.de]

Alcohol - meaning Ethanol - is also used in medicine due its antimicrobial properties though. I believe the medical-grade mouthwash I used after my wisdom teeth were removed contained some ethanol, though I'm unsure because I didn't memorize the ingredients.

[hadriscus@lemm.ee]

Really ? the devil ? We agree on the fact that legalization would go a long way in encouraging safe use. However you seem to be under the impression that drugs are solely used as a getaway from hardships of life. Let me know if I got that wrong. In any case, plenty of users find drugs to be entertaining, eye-opening, tranquilizing, or otherwise interesting or helpful in a variety of other ways. I think it's important to remember that many drugs are just part of nature; plants, mushrooms. They're god's creation.

[x00z@lemmy.world]

99% of my drug problems are law related.

[x00z@lemmy.world]

I read some time ago that drug producers often don't want it to be legal. They make a lot more money when it's illegal.

But yes, I believe so too.

[x00z@lemmy.world]

If drugs are legal, education on such stuff could be done in schools, just like sexual education.

It also allows people to be honest about their usage in case of heart problems. For example, I live in a country where you can simply tell your doctor or hospital about drugs in your system and they will not call the police for it. It's much safer.

[x00z@lemmy.world]

Both can be horrible.

[x00z@lemmy.world]

There are synthetic cathinones that give a similar effect.

[notmyoldredditname@lemmy.world]

just like sexual education.

Not off to a great start there for a major part of the USA