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That's not my point. The point is the trend is going the wrong way recently after dropping so sharply after decriminalization. I am/was in favour of that - it i
by martinald 3y ago
That's not my point. The point is the trend is going the wrong way recently after dropping so sharply after decriminalization. I am/was in favour of that - it is clearly a healthcare problem; not a criminal justice problem.
However, I think it is still a big and growing problem regardless of where you sit on that spectrum, which has sharply been brought into focus with fentanyl and other synthetic opioids (which are themselves a byproduct of 'the war on drugs' in many ways, but the genie is out of the bottle now with them).
I found the article I was meaning to find - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-drugs-decriminalization-heroin-crack/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-dru...
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y agoIt's possible to put the genie back in the bottle with legalisation, I think. Other than a very small minority I know of that actively seeks them out, most opioid addicts are using fentanyl and other microgram potency opioids because that just happens to be what's available. Which is directly because the production and distribution side of things is unregulated.
- orwin 3y agoI think you gave the big part of the reason why,its fentanyl. I've heard that the quality of care decreased, but fentanyl would explain an increment in fatalities if the total consumption do not increase.