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This is legal but I can't legally pay another adult for sex or take drugs that could harm me? And there are many restrictions on gambling. It's weird how some morals are legislated but not others.

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This provides humanity with a greater good than gambling

So did Nazi eugenics.

How so?

Eugenics under the national socialists was extreme and twisted. But it still was about eugenics at its core. Even today we apply practices of eugenics, for example with prenatal screening for down syndrome followed by abortion. Gambling sets a very low bar when it comes to upsides.

All you mentioned can have negative side effects for third parties.

Disagree

So there are no crimes related to drug and gambling addiction?

Are you kidding me?

Prostitution has a big forced prostitution problem

Would those associated crimes happen as frequently if the acts were legal and regulated? Should we ban alcohol and cars and skydiving and any other risky behavior?

Yes, they would.

DUI kills people no matter if the drug is legal or illegal.

Crimes to finance the next drug dose or bet also don’t care if legal or illegal.

And yes, alcohol should be banned or at least not glorified

Compared to legal and regulated drugs? Rarely.

Compared to this brain research

Can't make having fun too easy. It ruins the control the elites have over us.

Drugs and gambling are ways to get controlled

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