• MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Yeah, they have been monitoring the amount of various drugs for as long as I’ve been paying attention.

    Now the religious leo bullshit, that is entirely expected and I don’t have the words to say how much I hate it. But like i guess it’s just one more front to fight

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      15 days ago

      It sounds like he’s using bipartisan rhetoric to justify funding a reasonable strategy. Knowing how many people are taking which psychoactives is important for making policy decisions.

      … An accurate monitoring system is needed to prove the effectiveness of different harm-reduction strategies. People lie on self-surveys.