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Prohibition doesn’t work. Legalization and regulation do. Alcohol and Tobacco are the proof. We can do much better than a cure which has shown to be worse than
by chickenfries 8y ago
Prohibition doesn’t work. Legalization and regulation do. Alcohol and Tobacco are the proof. We can do much better than a cure which has shown to be worse than the disease.
- geff82 8y agoLegalization mostly works in the way that more people consume it. (punishing the use does not lead anywhere either).
- bryanlarsen 8y agoThere are very definitely ways to do decriminalization that result in lowered usage: Portugal and heroin is the standard example.
- sergiosgc 8y agoThis was proven false by the Portuguese drug decriminalization program.
- icebraining 8y agoDecriminalization is not legalization, though. It still makes it harder to access the stuff, for example, and risky to grow your own. Not that it's especially hard to buy pot in Portugal, but still, can't exactly get it at the corner store.
- krrrh 8y agoLegalization of cannabis in the The Netherlands lowered usage amongst teens. Making pot less accessible to teens was one of Trudeau’s primary arguments for legalization in Canada. Street dealers have a lot of reasons to not ask for ID.