I’m obviously joking in the title, but I’m serious with the question. Besides the fact that I as an adult should be able to consume as much as I want at any given time (I’m only hurting myself, if at all), I was wondering what you guys think about that amount.
Personally, I feel that for me it would be more than enough, but then again I don’t see how they came to that number. What are your thoughts?
I’m well aware that increasing tolerance is an issue. Managing that is part of responsible consumption. And mature adults likely won’t need this kind of hand-holding. But not everyone is.
And I’d argue that introducing limits to tobacco and alcohol consumption would do well for reducing their casualties.
Basically anyone regularly reaching those threshold should be incentivised to accept professional help, where they’re helped to get a hold of their consumption.
I understand where you are coming from but I don’t think monthly limitations for e.g. alcohol will reduce casualties. It could even achieve the opposite. 50 bottles of beer/month would suffice for most of the population, but would also push heavier drinkers towards an unregulated black market with all of the negative side effects. Just think of methanol poisoning via homemade moonshine.
Back to cannabis: Black market dealers won’t offer you help to reduce your consumption or make you reflect about your usage. Dispensaries or CSCs on the other hand could fulfill this role. And lastly, there are peope who function just fine and live a “normal” life while smoking >2g of weed a day. It feels unjust to me to still criminalize these people, as they potentially will only harm themselves.
I strongly doubt that capping distribution would feed the black market if paired with appropriate measures. I’m thinking of something like the Netherlands’ addiction care program.
Of course there are people who go through a bottle of Wodka in a day or two and are still somewhat functional. That doesn’t mean it’s healthy or that it should be encouraged or facilitated by the state. But those people know how their addiction impacts their lives. And if they were offered free, non-judgemental help to kick the habit, I think most would accept.
There already is free, non-judgemental help available for alcoholics here in Germany. Yet, we still have a lot of alcoholics in our society. If you have an issue with substance abuse, it won’t help you, if you will be prosecuted for it. Addicts will allways find (potentially dangerous) ways to get their drug of choice.
I agree though, that there should be a lot more of these addiction care programs. There also should be a lot more (truthful) awareness campaigns and the glorification of alcohol (or any other substance) through advertising shouldn’t exist.
On the other hand, I don’t think there should be any law about what I, as an adult, can do to my own body, as long as it doesn’t affect anyone else.