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Originally Posted by Itse
I don't agree. It seems to me that the idea of decriminalization/legalization has been steadily gaining in popularity pretty much all over. The arguments need to be laid out and debated on before you can expect people to change opinions which many have held for decades, but once you do it, I think a lot of people are ready to at least thing about. (Doesn't mean they'll change their mind of course.)
I think there's little doubt that the war on drugs isn't working. It's really a matter of fleshing out other possibilities.
It's also not like "legalization" is an unambigous idea. There are lots of possible ways of doing it. And lots of ways of talking about it.
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I think it has more to do with demographics than anything.
I get what you're saying and I'm participating in the thread because I agree with you, but I don't think I can put much faith in the 'critical thinking will win the day' in an issue by issue discussion.