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If you think there is more drug-related crime and public heroin injections in "puritan" US cities like Seattle vs European cities like Frankfurt or Amsterdam...
by drcode 7y ago
If you think there is more drug-related crime and public heroin injections in "puritan" US cities like Seattle vs European cities like Frankfurt or Amsterdam... you must not travel very much.
- redisman 7y agoWhat are the Pioneer Square and "3rd and pike" of Frankfurt or Amsterdam?
- timdev2 7y agoAnecdotally, I observed daytime public intravenous drug use within my first 3 hours on the ground in Frankfurt a few years ago. I don't know exactly where, but it was within walking radius of the main train station. I think it was in/adjacent to some kind of red-light district.
- thomascgalvin 7y agoYou understand that the whole point of this article is that Seattle is turning away from the traditional view of drug use - a moral failing that needs to be punished - and toward a more modern view - a medical condition that needs treatment - right? Punishment of drug use does nothing to prevent drug use. Its only value, therefore, is sadism.
- drcode 7y agoI wasn't replying to the article, I was responding to your claim that this change (as already exists in non-US cities) would lead to better results. I support decriminalization on purely moral grounds, but am skeptical this will lead to less (and not more) drug-related crime or public use of hard drugs, based on my anecdotal observations in Europe.