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More people are injured by horse riding than MDMA. Under your regime, will you ban all risk taking including sports?

How about starting a startup? That often results in elevated stress and could impact health. Let's ban that too.

How about we take the ridiculous amounts spent on the drug war, regulate supply and tax products for potential harms, then use that to educate people on safety and provide support to people that get in trouble.

Not all drug takers have a problem with drugs. I know successful and effective CEOs, developers, prolific scientists, government policy analysts, and many others that take drugs. They are often more effective than any other people I know. So please check your stereotypes.



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