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[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't think that would be a good idea. We want it to be refined so it's high purity and safe (or as safe as it can be).

If anything I would suggest the opposite -- make it legal when refined, and have a government agency certify they meet a certain quality. You'd want to encourage people to take the refined version, which has known composition and materials. The unrefined street product would be illegal, but the only "punishment" would be confiscation. No jail time, except perhaps for manufacturers who are knowingly getting people sick with their product.

[-] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

See its traditional use in leaf form. It's way less potent and it's a lot easier to tell if something is wrong with a leaf than if someone cut something into a powder post inspection.

Potency with coke is a real problem. It's TOO good. And we get it refined in large part because of our silly policing policies around it. It's silly to be policing a leaf the way we do when there's coffee beans lining our shelves.

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