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With the always caveat that no other nation can replicate what Singapore does without widespread use of slavery or culling/exiling the poor.
by chownie 3y ago
With the always caveat that no other nation can replicate what Singapore does without widespread use of slavery or culling/exiling the poor.
- jorvi 3y agoNot only that, people (well, mammals) want to get high. Alchohol is so much more destructive than weed or MDMA, on both a personal or societal scale. If you’d ban alcohol, people will just sniff glue or start brewing their own bathtub hooch. Legalization + proper harm reduction + strict enforcement on public (ab)use is ultimately the way. You get a triple win of tax income, freed up police resources and less pressure on the healthcare system.