All I'm saying is, there may be instances of children engaging in sexual activity that are non-harmful. From a utilitarian perspective these are sound.
In the abscence of perfect knowledge, in line with the precautionary principle, the only course of action possible for a responsible adult is...
I'd say the greater risk, is in people receiving pills containing dangerous contaminants. The unregulated sale of pills containing potentially deadly substances such as PMA represents a much greater danger. The risk of overdose could also be reduced if pills were issued with a measured dose and...
MDMA has been widely available for recreational use for about 30 years. You would expect any major side effects, even long term, to have become apparent by now in the tens of thousands of users. If the only bar to legalization is lack of research, clinical trials should be undertaken immediately...
David Nutt, chairman of the UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, stated in the Journal of Psychopharmacology in January 2009 that ecstasy use compared favorably with horse riding in terms of risk, with ecstasy leading to around 30 deaths a year in the UK compared to about 10 from horse...
I'm saying that some of these things may have a biological and reasoned basis, such as taboos on murder, but others, such as aspects of child sexuality, are dependent on culture and are demonstrated to be acceptable to some degree in other cultures.