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You mean the war on drugs needs to be surrendered. The war on drugs is great when the government and the people actually want to win the war.
by seoulmetro 2y ago
You mean the war on drugs needs to be surrendered. The war on drugs is great when the government and the people actually want to win the war.
- banku_brougham 2y ago“We needed to destroy the constitution in order to save it”
- seoulmetro 2y agoI don't think experiencing the benefits of a drug free society is part of the constitution.
- thelittleone 2y agoCurious, how do you define drugs in "drug free"?
- gostsamo 2y agoonly big farma companies are allow to destroy human lives by selling narcotics and should be allowed to hide the profits when brought to court. isn't it obvious?
- seoulmetro 2y agodrug-free: to be without the detriments of an illicit drug enabling society. What do you think the war on drugs means?
- bheadmaster 2y agoWhat exactly does it mean to win the war on drugs? When does the madness stop?
- infotainment 2y agoNo junkies on the streets might be a good baseline criterion. Ideally you'd want a world where it was effectively impossible to buy drugs without proper authorization. Singapore has managed it, though being much much smaller helps a lot there.
- mordae 2y agoWait, no junkies on the streets has other solutions. Such as affordable housing, education at any age, mental healthcare...
- telmo 2y agoSingapore has not managed it by being a "much smaller state", it managed it by being a highly repressive and authoritarian state. Myself, I prefer the junkies on the streets. I actually grew up in another relatively small state that had a huge heroin problem in the 80s: Portugal. Portugal solved it by decriminalizing drugs and by making treatment modalities available for the people who needed help, namely methadone. This worked spectacularly well. By the way, if you want to make it "impossible to buy drugs without proper authorization", I imagine you will want to include one of the most dangerous hard drugs there is: alcohol. We all know how well that worked the last time it was tried...
- _t9ow 2y ago> authoritarian Thank you for using this term instead of calling Singapore a dictatorship (as many others are wont to do). It's a much more accurate description of Singapore's style of governance.
- drewdevault 2y agoSingapore has the death penalty for drug offenses.
- infotainment 2y ago[flagged]
- bagels 2y agoThe inanimate objects already have won. It's just taking a long time for some people to admit it.
- seoulmetro 2y agoMost governments let them win. People just don't want to admit that losing comes with consequences so they think the war still exists. Few countries won their war on drugs and it's amazing the benefits that a drug-free society brings. In fact, not even benefits, but the lack of obscene negatives.
- bagels 2y agoWhat countries have won?
- seoulmetro 2y ago>Korea, Japan, China, Singapore. And others.