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I support the Portugal policy: decriminalize opioid use and provide free injections at all police stations. Come in to the police station, and a nurse will admi

I support the Portugal policy: decriminalize opioid use and provide free injections at all police stations. Come in to the police station, and a nurse will administer your heroin. This policy completely eliminated violent and property crimes from people looking for money to buy opioids, killed the opioid illicit market, and reduced addiction overall. It's a good policy. Those who get addicted then prostitute children and murder others to get money for drugs should be put out of their misery, humanely, via the death penalty. In the OP's case, Mr. Brandon Sobosle Brown was kicked out of a nightclub by bouncer and ex-Marine James Sanders. Brown then shot Sanders as punishment with a .357-caliber handgun on June 24, 2008, permanently paralyzing Sanders. Hopefully Brown's research will get him money to help support Sanders. Brown's crocodile tears regarding his cold blooded attempted murder are not impressive. The sentence of 17 years is far too short for what he did.

p49k 7y ago
Our policies should be driven by the desire to improve society, and we should not be afraid to trial/measure policy ideas that might go against our intuition to accomplish this goal. Policy based on emotions, extreme anger, etc. generally turn out horribly and end up causing more problems than they solve.
DanBC 7y ago
> I also support mandatory death penalty for use of methamphetamine and opioids > I support the Portugal policy: decriminalize opioid use and provide free injections at all police stations. These are not the same.
- droithomme 7y ago
  You are selectively quoting. You left out the "when combined" with other felonies. The problem is the people get addicted to heroin, heroin costs a lot, so they break into houses, and encountering resistance kill the person. They also will prostitute their own children out to get money for fixes. These folks should be put out of their misery through a lawful process of justice and compassion for their suffering. Like putting down an old dog with cancer, we should put down parents who prostitute their own children to get money for drugs. Portugal solved the problem another way, a better way. Decriminalize heroin and make it available for free. There, no one needs to murder anyone or prostitute their children to get heroin. The heroin is free at the police station. You just have to go there, show your id, sign a log, and sit in the police station while getting your fix. Simple and easy. This solution is extremely effective and has reduced addiction and suffering, and eliminated horrific crimes caused by junkies who need money for a fix. Because no longer do they need money for that fix. The fix is free. It's a very good policy that works. In the US we will never give free heroin to addicts even though that is a better solution. We would rather live with the elderly being horrifically murdered, and children being prostituted, than allow such a solution. But elder murder and child rape are not solutions. Extreme punishment for those driven this far then is the option.

p49k 7y ago

Our policies should be driven by the desire to improve society, and we should not be afraid to trial/measure policy ideas that might go against our intuition to accomplish this goal. Policy based on emotions, extreme anger, etc. generally turn out horribly and end up causing more problems than they solve.

DanBC 7y ago

> I also support mandatory death penalty for use of methamphetamine and opioids > I support the Portugal policy: decriminalize opioid use and provide free injections at all police stations. These are not the same.

droithomme 7y ago
You are selectively quoting. You left out the "when combined" with other felonies. The problem is the people get addicted to heroin, heroin costs a lot, so they break into houses, and encountering resistance kill the person. They also will prostitute their own children out to get money for fixes. These folks should be put out of their misery through a lawful process of justice and compassion for their suffering. Like putting down an old dog with cancer, we should put down parents who prostitute their own children to get money for drugs. Portugal solved the problem another way, a better way. Decriminalize heroin and make it available for free. There, no one needs to murder anyone or prostitute their children to get heroin. The heroin is free at the police station. You just have to go there, show your id, sign a log, and sit in the police station while getting your fix. Simple and easy. This solution is extremely effective and has reduced addiction and suffering, and eliminated horrific crimes caused by junkies who need money for a fix. Because no longer do they need money for that fix. The fix is free. It's a very good policy that works. In the US we will never give free heroin to addicts even though that is a better solution. We would rather live with the elderly being horrifically murdered, and children being prostituted, than allow such a solution. But elder murder and child rape are not solutions. Extreme punishment for those driven this far then is the option.