Quote:
Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
It's not obfuscation. I was responding to Thor suggesting you could just buy it and there were no repercussions. It's still not legal.
While technically not a criminal offence, the point is there's still a punishment for possession
|
Okay, granted you're right, but it's not really a very helpful comment for the discussion.
Personally I think the most relevant part of the Portuguese solution isn't so much the individual laws, it's the general approach. They're approaching it as a health issue.
For example, Portugal moved drug policy issues from the Justice Department to the Ministry of Health. It doesn't mean that all the related law enforcement just went away, but it's a major shift in thinking, and I think both sensible and morally the right approach.