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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
They don't have substance abuse programs in jail?
A big chunk of that weed revenue in BC is generated by not selling to local users but exported to other countries in exchange for other drugs - how does the government handle that and tax that revenue
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That's not really the point.
The suggested model is the one created by Portugal, and it's been shown to work. To respond to your concerns:
1) You don't decriminilize traffickers and dealers. In fact, you come down on them harder. You divert law enforcement resources directed at users and put it all on the distributers. Arreset the people making money and not the one's who are addicted to drugs.
2) The point is to stop the problem before people go to jail. Many people end up in jail because of drugs. Because using drugs and possessing personal amounts of drugs is illegal, people are unable to seek treatment and, generally, distrustful of the system.