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tweet by Johann Hari: The core of addiction is not wanting to be present in life, because pour life is too painful a place to be. This is why imposing more pain or punishment on a person with an addiction problem actually makes their addiction worse.
So what, I'm a victim of an evil drug dealer if I buy weed in Texas but I'm just a satisfied customer if I buy weed in Washington?
You're engaging in the circular logic of thinking illegal things are bad because they're illegal and they need to stay illegal because they're bad. You need to understand the laws have no inherent moral value, and nothing is bad simply because it's illegal.
They don’t need to stay illegal, I explicitly said they shouldn’t.
But if you’re buying it in Texas you’re likely doing it from a backalley random anonymous guy who takes no accountability and might give you who-knows-what mixed with it. I’d say in those circumstances even selling apples should be illegal.
It’s like comparing prescription Xanax to smuggled benzos from India.