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Portugal introduced mandatory treatment along with decriminalization; that's the component that diverges quite substantially from North American policy.
by AlanYx 3y ago
Portugal introduced mandatory treatment along with decriminalization; that's the component that diverges quite substantially from North American policy.
- steveBK123 3y agoI think US bias towards individual liberties culturally, and civil rights laws legally.. make a lot of this type of stick AND carrot approach harder. Like we can lock people in jail for violating drug laws. Or we can allow drug use & provide clean needles. But it is very very hard to pass & enforce "we will force you into a rehab house" or "we will force you to take addiction treatment X / mental health drug Y". The bar for this type of intervention is very high, and ironically higher than "you broke a law and go to jail now".