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Originally Posted by blankall
I'm generally libertarian on these issues. However, without controls on substances like heroin and meth, you end up in trouble quickly.
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Naturally.
With either alternative, regulation takes the place of criminalisation. How to regulate becomes the crux of the issue. Countries are experimenting with either or both supply side and demand side regulation, with varying degrees of success. In the case presented with Portugal, clearly it is a demand side regulation.
I cannot wrap my head around how archaic the thinking is that sustains the criminality of many currently illicit substances. History is abound with lessons that are unfavourable to prohibition from virtually every academic point of view. Ideology overcomes rationale again and again in the War on Drugs.