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>Portugal's decriminalisation, (..) prove legal businesses will better and safer provide the same services to the society, and the lesser societal and health co
by Levitz 8mo ago
>Portugal's decriminalisation, (..) prove legal businesses will better and safer provide the same services to the society, and the lesser societal and health cost.
Portugal's success regarding drugs wasn't about the free market. It was about treating addicts like victims or patients rather than criminals, it actually took a larger investment from the state and the benefits of that framework dissolved once budgets were cut.
- subscribed 8mo agoThis is why I said "decriminalisation" and not "legalisation".
- subscribed 8mo agoOh, I see how it could be understood as decriminalisation -> private companies selling drugs. It wasn't my intention