A New Bill Would Force Tech Companies to Report Their Users for Drugs
gizmodo.com
The Cooper Davis Act would force tech companies to report suspected drug activity to the government. Experts say it would be a disaster for digital privacy.

The Cooper Davis Act would force tech companies to report suspected drug activity to the government. Experts say it would be a disaster for digital privacy.

  • Version@feddit.deEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I am not saying crack or other drugs are harmless, but man, have you ever seen an alcohol addict? It completely destroys your body, mind and family (which you like to mention when it comes to other drugs). You can absolutely compare it to crack.

    • Raphael@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      I see, so you’re arguing we must ban both alcohol and drugs? You bring a hard bargain, I’m interested in the connotations of this.

      • Version@feddit.deEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        This has already been tried and didn‘t work. People consumed it anyway (surprise).

          • Version@feddit.deEnglish
            5·
            1 year ago

            Can you tell me how it affects or even hurts anyone if someone is smoking weed at home? There is literally no point in making it illegal. What you can do is making it illegal to do certain things while under the influence of drugs, for example driving a car. And guess what, exactly this happens with alcohol too. But making the drug itself illegal is imo a bad idea.

            • Raphael@lemmy.worldEnglish
              16·
              1 year ago

              We’re progressing, we’re already talking about limitations and regulations and control in general!

              This has been productive for both of us, keep up walking the good path, friend.

              • Version@feddit.deEnglish
                5·
                1 year ago

                The drug market currently is completely unregulated. It‘s easier for a teenager to buy weed, than alcohol. If we make it legal, we can actually regulate it, like alcohol.

                • Raphael@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  12·
                  1 year ago

                  This exact mentality, applied to guns, led to the school shooting situation in the US.

                  Also

                  According to the World Health Organization (WHO), globally, it is estimated that about 1 in 3 women (or approximately 33%) have experienced physical and/or sexual violence at some point in their lives

                  Shall we legalize groping? Legalize it (it’s unavoidable) and then regulate it (applies rules to how long you can touch, where you can touch, etc)

                  • Version@feddit.deEnglish
                    2·
                    1 year ago

                    No, missing regulation led to the school shooting situation in the US. Just legalizing won‘t solve any issues, without any proper regulations.

                    Consuming drugs is your choice, it only affects your body, life and mind. Sexual assault and drugs can not even be remotely compared.

          • Cableferret@lemmy.tfEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Because people in power need excuses to hit people they don’t like without having to pay weregild for it. That’s it, that’s the entire purpose of laws. The whole “protecting society” theory is a convenient smokescreen that we’ve all bought into through generations upon generations of Stockholm syndrome and the fact that we all also want to hit people and be justified in doing so from time to time.