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There's a reason really existing socialist formations almost invariably come down hard on drugs. It harms public health, it harms proletarian culture, productivity, and so on. There's no problem with industrial hemp but conflating this with THC-bearing weed for entertainment is a bit of a trick. Same thing for the medical uses. I admit I'm sceptical, and I suspect a lot of people with prescriptions are in fact using it for entertainment or escapism, but if it has genuine medical applications that's fine, same as it's fine to use morphine for pain management but not just for fun.
Ahistorical, the reason why they come down hard on drugs is colonialism.
The truth of drug use is found in this graph, any drug policy that does not consider it is engaging in IDpol, which is liberal.
Source is a PHD holder, David Nutt.
im curious what the definition of harm in this study is because cannabis causing almost as much harm to the user as benzodiazepines and mephedrone is a little bit strange to me.
I've included some of this definition in my reply, which you may find useful.
Edit: In sum, it's not a comparison of the drugs but of the harm caused to the number of individuals and to society (comprised of individuals—it's a bourgeois paper) in total. As cannabis is more widespread, there is more recorded harm than e.g. benzos. Not to mention that one of the criteria is the harm caused in/by policing; and the police target cannabis users/dealers at a far higher rate than benzodiazepines user/dealers.
mephedrone causes a relatively low level of harm due to it being prescribed by medical professionals, it comes to the user in a clearly defined dose that will be uncut; most heroin addicts die due to accidental overdoses or cut drugs with fent.
I imagine benzos are still the same; and you should note while cannabis is similar to more dangerous drugs its likely only considering smoking.
I know where the OG study is though its avilable to read, I know the conclusions but the methods they use il need to brush up on.
https://www.ias.org.uk/uploads/pdf/News%20stories/dnutt-lancet-011110.pdf