A possible way to make legalisation more acceptable to the general public is if we adopt a similar system to pharmacy store scripts (The doctor to the pharmacist).

Which means to be able to get recreational drugs, you need to get a appointment with a recreational drug advisor. (As for how frequent, that’s a question best asked to a doctor.)

The advisor is a registered expert that does not need to be trained to a doctor level, but is there to simply keep track of the changes to your body and mind due to these drugs. They can then authorise you to take a certain safe amount. Or direct you to a doctor upon bad effects.

With the scrip, you can head to your local recreational drug store for any drugs categories that your advisor allows for.

- Pro: More jobs. Some oversight. Less strain on medical system

- Cons: Doctors have better expertise on health effects of drugs.

You can then say this will create new job categories

Implementation Variations:

- Full: You cannot access drugs at all unless you get advisor authorisation.

- Partial: You can buy very small amount, but for more you need authorisation.

- Psudo: You can buy any amount, but without authorisation the government will excessively tax the drug.
-- mofosyne, Jan 09 2018

Idea first thought up here https://discuss.pir.../1716/11?u=mofosyne
[mofosyne, Jan 09 2018]

It seems to me that the words "prescription" and "recreational" are mutually incompatible. Drugs are already either "over-the-counter" or "prescription", and I'm not seeing much difference between "recreational" and "over-the-counter" in terms of access.

Besides, it is historical fact that in England, for a long time (not sure about the present), access to heroin was via prescription, and addicts could get those prescriptions fairly easily. This is not really a new Idea, therefore; you are just applying the Idea to more types of drugs.
-- Vernon, Jan 09 2018


I think they should develop recreational drugs that make people live longer and be smarter. I read diabetics on metformin outlive well humans 15%, and that it makes lab mammals live 3-36% longer. Just link the metformin molecule to a variety of existing drugs to make a cancer preventing longevizing get high variation. Also the peptide AEDG causes greater longevity; link that to drugs for benefit.

Making all recreational drugs legal, with the ones that cause better mental functioning and greater longevity favored will cause their development.
-- beanangel, Jan 09 2018


Make all drugs legal. Totally agree. Only criminals want to keep drugs illegal.
-- xenzag, Jan 09 2018


I'm disappointed. I was expecting a proposal to allow people to prescribe drugs, as a recreational experience. "Hey, let's try him on duloxetine, antihistamines and laxatives and see what happens!"
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 09 2018


The sun is a noun that looks like a verb.
-- beanangel, Jan 10 2018


Max, we already do that here.
-- RayfordSteele, Jan 10 2018



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