Could cocaine and khat be legalized in another 50 years?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Perhaps not 50 years. Still, we can't entirely dismiss the possibility that within a century or so the entire Western world will have turned into an amoral libertarian dystopia - in which case legal cocaine will be the least of our problems.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Perhaps not 50 years. Still, we can't entirely dismiss the possibility that within a century or so the entire Western world will have turned into an amoral libertarian dystopia - in which case legal cocaine will be the least of our problems.

Ever read Snow Crash?

No, but it sounds like a lot of fun. The mere fact that it features a corporation created from the merger of the CIA and the Library of Congress clearly makes it worth reading!

What I had in mind was slightly more grounded, along the lines of this essay, but the general idea is there.

[Antonio the Sixth]

LOL@Tony.

Don't you actually oppose legalize even MARIJUANA?

I'm fine with personal consumption and (obviously) medical use. I don't think it should be sold for profit. For the record, I'd say the same about cigarettes.

[Antonio the Sixth]

LOL@Tony.

Don't you actually oppose legalize even MARIJUANA?

I'm fine with personal consumption and (obviously) medical use. I don't think it should be sold for profit. For the record, I'd say the same about cigarettes.

So basically you want it to be legal to buy and use but have the only way to buy it via an illegal black market?

Yeah, Antonio, this...this isn't a sensible position.

Yeah, I see that now. This is not an issue I care much about, beyond its tragic repercussions on mass incarceration.

FTR, what I was thinking about was people growing their own.