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June 16

Legal opioids

Is there a single jurisdiction in the world where there are legally available opioids suitable for recreational use? By "legally available", I do mean off-prescription. By "suitable for recreational use", I mean excluding e.g. loperamide, and further able to induce at least mild euphoria.--Leon (talk) 18:37, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

See Drug_liberalization#Around_the_world. Of note it says "In August 2009, the Argentine supreme court declared in a landmark ruling that it was unconstitutional to prosecute citizens for having drugs for their personal use - "adults should be free to make lifestyle decisions without the intervention of the state""

Also you might be interested in Drug policy of Portugal and Drug policy of the Netherlands. SemanticMantis (talk) 19:35, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Codeine is legal over the counter in many countries and has a history of recreational use. See [1] 208.90.213.186 (talk) 20:19, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]