• spicy pancake
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    5 months ago

    Most drugs should be over-the-counter. The especially dangerous or addictive ones maybe just require counselling with a pharmacist first. But I’m more concerned about people not able to access the medication they need than I am about idiots removing themselves from the gene pool by OD.

    People in my dumbass country would rather 10 people with a genuine medical need suffer as long as 1 addict can’t get a fix, and it’s so many layers of bullshit.

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      5 months ago

      If you think otc drugs are expensive now, waitl the scheduled narcotics find their way into the open market

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        5 months ago

        there’s not really a way to know for sure but I imagine the price would actually come down somewhat due to removal of red tape and paperwork associated with drug control

        possibly also from increased competition if that made it easier for a drug manufacturer to begin producing previously controlled drugs

        for example amphetamine salt production is capped by the US DEA. if that cap were removed the supply would increase and the price might very well decrease

        sadly this is largely useless speculation

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          5 months ago

          Personally i hope it stays that way. There are enough legal ways to lose ones mind and life