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Not all substances need to be legalized. There's no reason for the government to promote the use of drugs, however it should stay out of our personal choices as
by bobzimuta 14y ago
Not all substances need to be legalized. There's no reason for the government to promote the use of drugs, however it should stay out of our personal choices as much as possible.
Borrowing from Portugal's drug policy, decriminalize possession of personal amounts of drugs and focus on rehabilitation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Portugal#Laws_and_regulations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Portugal#Laws_an...
- Symmetry 14y agoI can see the point of only decriminalizing those few drugs, like meth, that are actually worse than alcohol. But really, shouldn't the government be encouraging people to be using marijuana rather than alcohol just from a public health perspective?
- swah 14y agoBut then you get the paradox of being able to consume but not produce.
- sliverstorm 14y agoHow is that a paradox? There's a lot of things you can consume but not produce.