I believe you’re getting downvoted because this question isn’t very relevant for the EA forum, which I think is understandable. Perhaps it would be better suited for Reddit or Twitter and maybe a quick take here. But to answer your question: I would not get involved, mostly because you don’t know this person. There are so so many people doing cocaine and other drugs, reporting them doesn’t really solve anything. You might ruin someone’s life. You only get involved in case you know the person really well and then you just start with personally talking to them. Even then I’m not sure I’d report it. They’re often a victim of their addiction, so they need help and support rather than punishment.
Yeah, I know it is not really related to EA but I need to talk with consequentialist like members. Its interesting, because I thought it would be my moral obligation to report it—less so to save some person’s life more so to reduce funding for drug cartels. But it seems majority of the comments are telling me to not get involved—which is just fine with me because I would feel awkward getting involved
I believe you’re getting downvoted because this question isn’t very relevant for the EA forum, which I think is understandable. Perhaps it would be better suited for Reddit or Twitter and maybe a quick take here. But to answer your question: I would not get involved, mostly because you don’t know this person. There are so so many people doing cocaine and other drugs, reporting them doesn’t really solve anything. You might ruin someone’s life. You only get involved in case you know the person really well and then you just start with personally talking to them. Even then I’m not sure I’d report it. They’re often a victim of their addiction, so they need help and support rather than punishment.
Yeah, I know it is not really related to EA but I need to talk with consequentialist like members. Its interesting, because I thought it would be my moral obligation to report it—less so to save some person’s life more so to reduce funding for drug cartels. But it seems majority of the comments are telling me to not get involved—which is just fine with me because I would feel awkward getting involved