Published earlier this year, but still relevant.

  • Anivia@feddit.org
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    21 hours ago

    We have all been conditioned by the media to think of drug dealers as bad people, but if you aren’t violent and only selling to consenting adults there is nothing inherently wrong or evil about it, other than braking the law. You are providing a valuable service to your community, like every other job.

    • adminofoz@lemmy.cafe
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      11 hours ago

      A lot of drugs are very addictive and ruin people’s lives. I’m well aware a lot of lives were ruined by the stigma attached to to drugs, but to swing from they are evil criminal people to just equating drug dealing with every other job is insane to me.

      • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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        10 hours ago

        Also have to point out in my case it is very much legal. I am no different then someone with a liquor store (well maybe my stuff is potentially less harmful).

      • plyth@feddit.org
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        10 hours ago

        is insane to me.

        Of course, it goes against all values that you were taught.

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          9 hours ago

          You have no idea how many of my closest friends have been to jail for drugs. I think that is a problem with the system, but im not going to go to the opposite end of the spectrum and act like we were being upstanding citizens.

          Getting people addicted to things is bad. It doesn’t matter if you are a drug dealer, a casino, or a social media app.

          • plyth@feddit.org
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            9 hours ago

            People are not so much harmed by most drugs but by the circumstances. It’s not worth talking about dealers as long as society is cruel to the point of people needing an escape.

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      10 hours ago

      It does depend on the drugs though. If you’re shotting crack and heroin to your community then you’re just a predator preying on your own people.

      • AbsolutePain@lemmy.world
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        12 hours ago

        Yeah, also. if it’s the illegal kind there’s a huge price payed in blood in the countries that manufacture and transport them.

        The war on drugs sucks but it’s a fact that buying illegal drugs fuels an industry of violence.