I get what you’re saying, and I think you bring up some fair points, especially around the realities of drug use and how the current system doesn’t reflect actual patterns of behavior in society.

You’re right—most drug users aren’t homeless or violent. They’re everyday people, and a good portion are functioning, employed, and not what we typically picture when we talk about addiction. The stigma around drug use has clouded a lot of rational conversation, and the data from places like Portugal shows that decriminalization, paired with treatment, actually leads to less crime, less addiction, and less harm overall.

I also agree that prohibition has failed—history backs that up. Banning something people are still going to get anyway just shifts the supply to cartels and black markets. And it puts law enforcement in a position where they’re chasing non-violent users instead of focusing on the real threats—like trafficking, fraud, or violent crime.

That said, I do think we should be careful when comparing substances. Just because someone is a “functional” user doesn’t mean there aren’t long-term impacts—especially with hard drugs like cocaine or meth. But I also agree that the way we’re currently handling it—criminalizing use instead of addressing the root causes—clearly isn’t working.

On the gun point, though, I’d push back a bit. The idea that more guns make people more polite sounds good on paper, but it doesn’t really hold up to how people behave under stress or conflict. States with higher gun ownership tend to have higher rates of gun deaths, not lower. The presence of more weapons doesn’t necessarily de-escalate things—it can escalate them, especially in emotional or irrational situations. I support responsible gun ownership and carry rights, but I don’t think we get a more civil society just by making sure everyone is armed, and certainly not with fucking explosive weapons.

So overall, I think you’re mostly on point with the drug argument—but I’m more skeptical when it comes to arming everyone, especially those who have shown time and time again that they should absolutely not be allowed to be armed, as a social fix. But also, we don’t truly know the impact it will have on Americans if everything was fully legal. I mean look at what that damn overrun city in Oregon became during the BLM riots. On paper and looking at other countries with drug-use freedoms, it seems to be a slight net-positive, but the US also has high addiction rates, high homeless problems, and people definitely tend to act more erratic here with shit, I mean just look at the Tesla situation now.

There can obviously be arguments for both sides and we wouldn’t know unless it came into reality, but honestly, it will never happen, and I don’t know if it’s truly worth the risk of finding out. A civilization needs some type of law and order, or they will eventually eat themselves out of existence.