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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I'm not even saying we shouldn't decriminalize drugs. I'm just saying we'd better go in with open eyes, and recognize that it's going to make it easier for people to kill themselves - either the fast way and the slow way - and we still live in a society that tries to deter suicide.
And just because the status quo has bad outcomes doesn't mean an alternative approach will have improved outcomes.
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For one, if we take Portugal as the data sample, decriminalisation actually has the opposite effect, as less people are doing and dying from drugs since decriminalisation took effect. So, for the sake of open eyes, we should actually realise the opposite of what you’re suggesting the outcome would be.
And the last line is a pretty fine straw man itself. Nobody is saying making any change at all will be an improvement, people are saying that there is significant room for improvement through change.