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Originally Posted by RobotTalk
The thing about the Portugal example that's often left out is the compulsory treatment that accompanied decriminalization. Yes, you don't get criminally charged with drug possession, but it's also not just some free for all. You have to report for treatment, there are drug tests, and you can be locked up (not in prison, but in a treatment facility) for failure to comply.
Our approach of just letting crackheads roam free to cause chaos while simultaneously increasing the availability of drugs is the worst of both worlds; and I say that as someone that thinks recreational drug use should generally be legal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/u...treatment.html |
Yeah...I have mentioned to people in Vancouver that decriminalizing personal-use amounts of drugs isnt 'just like Portugal' and is likely not going to be the Magic Bullet they think its going to be.
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