re: "How to Talk to Kids About Drugs in the Age of Fentanyl" (The New York Times, November 9, 2022)
We want to protect children. We also want to protect adults. But adult persons have a right to decide for themselves how to balance advantages and disadvantages: some will opt to skip the high sugar desserts, others will value the present enjoyment and pig out.
That we know something is unhealthy is a good reason to be concerned. It cannot be a sufficient reason to criminalize its use by or sale to adults.
Legalize all the drugs so that quality can be regulated and sold by respectable businesses. At least then adults and reckless teenagers will have a fair chance of knowing exactly what they are ingesting and the real risks.
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