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We’ve lost the Drug War. That experiment was already done decades ago. Enforcement doesn’t work. IMO we need to focus more on medical facilities. It’s a mental
by chaostheory 7y ago
We’ve lost the Drug War. That experiment was already done decades ago. Enforcement doesn’t work. IMO we need to focus more on medical facilities. It’s a mental health issue
- eanzenberg 7y agoEnforcement works. Drug use went down from 1990 - 2007. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3787412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3787412/
- blaser-waffle 7y agoDid you even read the study you cited? From the "Conclusions" section: > "With few exceptions and despite increasing investments in enforcement-based supply reduction efforts aimed at disrupting global drug supply, illegal drug prices have generally decreased while drug purity has generally increased since 1990. These findings suggest that expanding efforts at controlling the global illegal drug market through law enforcement are failing."