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I think it's rather peculiar to come to the conclusion that there is little information for other countries. 1. Using various policies, Iceland has been able t
by edejong 10y ago
I think it's rather peculiar to come to the conclusion that there is little information for other countries.
1. Using various policies, Iceland has been able to strongly reduce the amount of substance abuse in their country.
2. Other countries suffer from substance abuse as well
3. The article notes that the method is mostly data driven. This implies similar methods should apply to different countries.
How do you come to the conclusion that the information presented in the article is not applicable to other countries? Why would a racial dissimilar, larger and heterogeneous population not benefit from a data-driven approach to limit substance abuse?
I'd go the opposite way: because the populations are larger, noise has less influence on the data-driven approach and tests can be accelerated.
- harry8 10y agoWith a population as small as iceland's there is no such thing as anonymity. Maybe these policies would work in a small town without much population turnover? Cultural context of cultural policies is actually really important. What works in Japan might not work in Springfield. Data driven is very good though, the temptation to reclassify failure as success on such problems is extremely high, unfortunately - and I am absolutely not being critical of those who are genuinely making the attempt to improve socail conditions - it's a human failing we all have. The road to hell is paved in good intentions etc. etc.