Portugal decrimilized all drugs and the results have been an astounding success.
Charges to be Declined
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Not seeing how it will lessen them when they are made legal and thus more accessible. Eliminate what other bigger problems?
But, aren’t harder drugs being legally dispensed by multinationals who avoid dealing with the consequences directly? I am not advocating heavy drugs being sold on the streets. Far from that, but we have to call into play those who advertise and push dope without consequences.
The DA who is advocating lesser charges for lesser crimes seems like someone who understands the societal costs of overly stringent policicing aimed at a narrow group of citizens.
Thanks. That is a tad lengthy given I the time I have from now through Sunday night.
I will say this. I really do not think there is anything that would convince to agree to legalizing drugs.
Black markets always cause more crime than they stop.
You may be familiar with the pill mills that Florida finally stifled... the ones that had the state prescribing something like 25% (?) of the nation’s supply of oxy. Or how about the county in West Virginia that prescribed some thousands of pills of oxy per resident each year.
Amazing thing is, it was all legal.
If these crimes don’t warrant jail time...
There's always going to be collateral damage from drug use. Hell, there's collateral damage from alcohol, but we haven't banned that. All that being said, all you have to do is look at prohibition and the rise of gangs and violence. That should tell you all you need to know.
Thanks for the link. Lessening dependency is no simple task, but to avoid it is a societal failure.
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