Congress introduce decriminalization bill for all drugs

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Unpopular opinion, but when I was young, I avoided drugs because of the legal consequences. I understood that trying drugs once or twice wouldn’t get me addicted, it wouldn’t impact my health, because when I was young, health wasn’t a big concern. The main concern with acquiring or taking drugs was the severe legal consequences I’d face. Years in jail, whether it was true or not was the deterrent.

For me it was the murder associated with production, transportation and sales. Jail was a factor. Health issues also.

Nancy Reagan tempted me to take drugs.

Interesting idea here, but will it pass?

Not in the Senate.

Bills like that tend to get dumped into a committee and ignored. They don't make it out to the full House for a vote.

So it's entirely for show, but that doesn't mean it's worthless. It's intended to shift the Overton window: "A few years ago we couldn't even have introduced this. Now we have, and now it's something people can talk about. So we'll introduce it again next year, and more people will start to talk about it, until they start to demand it."

So this news story is the most they're going to get out of this... but they did get that. It's now in front of people. And now maybe just legalizing some drugs will seem more feasible.

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