joe Biggs said:

decriminalizing = not legal, but not the law enforcement priority. unable to sell legally. cant be denied of job for drug use.
legalizing = possession, use, sale, distribution is all without criminal penalty, the government can tax it, and there can be commercial sales.

more simply put, "Legalization means you remove the law from the books. Decriminalization means you set limits for personal use."

Legalization means that it is no longer against the law.
Decriminalization, means that it is still against the law, just not against the criminal law, maybe against civil law, for example. Or it can mean that something is no longer a criminal offense, but it is nevertheless subject to strictly enforced regulations

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who are you to say how i find recreation?

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joe Biggs said:

regulate / decriminalize all drugs
legalize all psychedelics

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joe Biggs said:

learningtofly said:

anthrax is a drug? who the fuck takes anthrax

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drug -  any article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals
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legalization in turn allows to be sold in commercial stores.

under the statement "all drugs should be legal"
one is saying 'anthrax should be avaliable to everyone"

and i say "FUCK NO" and thus:
regulate / decriminalize all drugs
legalize all psychedelics

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niteowl said:

joe Biggs said:

decriminalizing = not legal, but not the law enforcement priority. unable to sell legally. cant be denied of job for drug use.
legalizing = possession, use, sale, distribution is all without criminal penalty, the government can tax it, and there can be commercial sales.

more simply put, "Legalization means you remove the law from the books. Decriminalization means you set limits for personal use."

Legalization means that it is no longer against the law.
Decriminalization, means that it is still against the law, just not against the criminal law, maybe against civil law, for example. Or it can mean that something is no longer a criminal offense, but it is nevertheless subject to strictly enforced regulations

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Now your just making shit up, with no basis in reality.

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who are you to say how i find recreation?

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No one...and I mean NO ONE, on the face of the earth would classify anthrax as a drug.....much less a recreational one.

Only in your fantasy world would a biological entity be called a drug.

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