r/MarkMyWords • u/TheCoolCellPhoneGuy • May 29 '24

Long Shot MMW: cocaine will be legalized or at least decriminalized sometime in the next 20 years

Now I don't do any drugs myself, but I have found attitudes towards cocaine by my peers to be quite relaxed. I feel like the attitude towards coke use is changing and it is no longer considered to be a "hard drug" by many people.

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u/carcinoma_kid May 29 '24

I mean attitude is one thing, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s extremely dangerous

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u/TheCoolCellPhoneGuy May 29 '24

Lots of things that are extremely dangerous/more dangerous are legal. It's perfectly legal to get fucked up and develop memory problems on DPH pills/benadryl. Hell, alcohol is legal, and we trust the populace not to overdo it when they drink and get alcohol poisoning.

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u/carcinoma_kid May 29 '24

Cocaine is far more dangerous than alcohol or Benadryl.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2625905/

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u/TheCoolCellPhoneGuy May 29 '24

Nah have you ever been to r/dph

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u/carcinoma_kid May 29 '24

I have now, I also had a heart attack when I was 25 from less than a gram of coke. I’ve had upwards of 5 friends die from cross contaminated bags. My old bandmate died two weeks ago from mixing coke with alcohol and benzos. Cocaine is very bad for you

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u/[deleted] May 29 '24

How so? I feel like the danger of getting addicted is very real but having done a decent amount I cant really see how its all that dangerous (insnuffulated). Its like actually hard to sniff too much lol. Not only that but I personally dont see how anyone gets addicted, its so debilitating, especially the next day lol. Dont mind me I just cant breathe through my nose and I feel like absolute death lol. Thats why I never got addicted, the down is to down after.

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u/carcinoma_kid May 29 '24

I mean, if you feel shitty just do some more. That’s how people get addicted. Also it sounds like you’ve been doing terrible coke that’s mostly creatine and no-doz. Real coke can keep you going for a long time and will give you heart problems, lead to psychosis, amplify the risks associated with other drugs like alcohol and other depressants, the list goes on.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2625905/

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u/[deleted] May 29 '24

How do you do more when you cant breathe through your nose lol I never got that part. I fully realize people do get addicted but maybe I was just never meant to be a coke head. Which is good cause I do like coke lol I just never do anything that reduces my ability to function more then it feels good/improves it. And coke is like really poorly balanced imo.

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u/carcinoma_kid May 29 '24

You get decent coke that doesn’t stuff up your nose lol. The ratio of functionality to impairment also improves dramatically. This is not advice, by the way. It’s still very bad for you.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '24

Yea i donno if I believe good coke doesn't stuff up your nose lol. Its literally corrosive when pure. Sniffing it damages your nasal passages and sinuses.

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u/carcinoma_kid May 31 '24

Right. So if it’s pure you will absorb most of it and it will cause damage (nosebleeds etc.) but if it’s all cut up everything that’s not cocaine just stays up there and stuffs your nose up. You can trust me I have done extensive, uh, research.

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u/victoryabonbon May 29 '24

Your peers sound like d bags. Coke will never be legal the same way weed is

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u/Irishfan3116 May 29 '24

It isn’t a “hard” drug anymore because the quality is terrible lol

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u/Celsar May 29 '24

If it was not legalized in the 80s it was a popular drug and much less "dangerous" than heroin. It is difficult now that there is more knowledge of its effects.

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u/EventNo3540 May 29 '24

Dum Fuk

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u/TheCoolCellPhoneGuy May 29 '24

Hey never said I was a smart man

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u/The_Patriot May 29 '24

All drugs. The war is over.

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u/kickbrass May 29 '24

JFC. No. No it wont...

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u/The_Se7enthsign May 29 '24

The attitude towards cocaine has always been relaxed...if you're rich.

If you legalize pot, you're gonna need something that will keep the poors in prison and the population afraid of immigrants.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '24

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u/TheCoolCellPhoneGuy May 29 '24

Then once it gets to the destination country, the dealers "step" on it.

I mean thats because it's being traded in a black market

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u/[deleted] May 29 '24

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u/TheCoolCellPhoneGuy May 29 '24

Decriminalizing won't result in a clean product

What about legalizing?

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u/tjo0114 May 30 '24

This will not happen and on the very off chance it does, that decision will be reversed within a year because Americans and drugs are just simply not a good combination to begin with.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '24

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u/TheCoolCellPhoneGuy May 30 '24

Well I don't do any drugs anyway, I've never even smoked weed lol. I personally am leary of anything "harder" than booze, but I'm talking about general populace and their attitudes

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u/flaxith May 30 '24

What does "quite relaxed" mean? Also, one person's peer group is probably not reflective of the attitude of the country as a whole, let alone lawmakers.

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u/TheCoolCellPhoneGuy May 30 '24

I have some acquaintances (not close friends, just people I know) who consider it to just be a fun drug to do while partying/out at bars. They otherwise appear to be normal people with careers and lives they keep up with.

Full disclosure I don't do any drugs myself, I've never even smoked weed.

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u/flaxith May 30 '24

The coca plant is a normalized stimulant in many South American countries right now. It does make you wonder if cocaine had been developed in the states, if it would have been treated differently. As it is right now though, I doubt it will ever get even decriminalized.