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Your concerns may sound reasonable, but they are not evidence-based. So far the evidence beginning to accumulated from states/countries that have decriminalize

by jbotz 6y ago

Your concerns may sound reasonable, but they are not evidence-based. So far the evidence beginning to accumulated from states/countries that have decriminalized and/or legalized previously prohibited drugs has been mostly contrary to your concerns.

supernova87a 6y ago
Those states/countries decriminalized hard drugs like heroin?
- jbotz 6y ago
  Yes, Portugal did, as did several other countries... here's a complete list: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-that-have-decriminalized-drugs.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-that-have-decr...
  - joveian 6y ago
    Don't forget Mexico back in 1940, although only for 6 months due to the US shutting off supplies of the drugs and the war preventing them from finding alternative suppliers: https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/1940-the-year-mexico-legalised-drugs/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/1940-the-year-mex... When I tried to find the Borderland Beat article where I first heard of this I found that the site has been closed due to (as best I can find with the site's own explanation no longer up) a lawsuit by a drug lord whose California driver's license was published on the site. Huge loss and I hope they get the site back eventually. I did find one article I was looking for on the Internet Archive if anyone is interested, although the above is a much better link on just the legalization aspect (this one is mostly about one of the illegal drug trafficers affected). I think BB had another article on the legalization but I can't find a link to that one. As one might expect, the comments on BB tend to be more extreme than many sites in various ways. https://web.archive.org/web/20200811192412/http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2017/09/lola-la-chata-grandmother-of-mexican.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200811192412/http://www.border... https://web.archive.org/web/20190801143825/http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2017/10/lola-la-chata-grandmother-of-mexican.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190801143825/http://www.border...

by jbotz 6y ago

supernova87a 6y ago

Those states/countries decriminalized hard drugs like heroin?

jbotz 6y ago
Yes, Portugal did, as did several other countries... here's a complete list: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-that-have-decriminalized-drugs.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-that-have-decr...
- joveian 6y ago
  Don't forget Mexico back in 1940, although only for 6 months due to the US shutting off supplies of the drugs and the war preventing them from finding alternative suppliers: https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/1940-the-year-mexico-legalised-drugs/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/1940-the-year-mex... When I tried to find the Borderland Beat article where I first heard of this I found that the site has been closed due to (as best I can find with the site's own explanation no longer up) a lawsuit by a drug lord whose California driver's license was published on the site. Huge loss and I hope they get the site back eventually. I did find one article I was looking for on the Internet Archive if anyone is interested, although the above is a much better link on just the legalization aspect (this one is mostly about one of the illegal drug trafficers affected). I think BB had another article on the legalization but I can't find a link to that one. As one might expect, the comments on BB tend to be more extreme than many sites in various ways. https://web.archive.org/web/20200811192412/http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2017/09/lola-la-chata-grandmother-of-mexican.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200811192412/http://www.border... https://web.archive.org/web/20190801143825/http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2017/10/lola-la-chata-grandmother-of-mexican.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190801143825/http://www.border...