I think the world would be a much happier and safer place if we legalise everything like they do in Portugal, they had one of the highest worldwide deaths from drugs and crime and with backs to the wall were forced into a radical change! The result? deaths over halved, addicts getting safe shoot up rooms with government sanctioned safe needles and drugs not that street stuff thats laced with god knows what!
Most hard drug addicts have are a health problem that needs to be treated just like alcohol is here!
Also look at amsterdam closing down prisons because there are not enough criminals, crime and deaths increasingly decreasing! But unfortunately as long as prisons are profitable and make no mistake private prisons are a goldmine thats why new prisons are being built its got nothing to do with an increase in criminal activity, we will need a severe paradigm shift for change to happen! Great post upvoted resteemed and followed!
Peace and love my friend!
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Portugal didn't actually legalize drugs, rather they chose to decriminalize them. More specifically, any drug possession lower than what would be considered enough for a 10 day supply is downgraded from a criminal offense to an administrative one. This law was sufficient to dramatically reduce the need for anti-drug enforcement on the streets while still maintaining criminal penalties for trafficking. Because trafficking in its own right carries with it all sorts of externalities that increase other types of crimes, I think it makes the most sense to decriminalize drug usage to free up resources for controlling other criminal behaviors tied to trafficking.
Hi @faustiantimes, thanks for clarifying what Portugal actually did.
If drugs usage is decriminalized but not legalized, many opportunities are missed - such as quality control and transferring revenue from criminal to legal (taxable) flows.
It is interesting to note that, while drugs usage is more easily decriminalized than drug trading, the situation with prostitution is often the opposite - in some countries it is illegal to use prostitution while it is not illegal to offer it.
Thanks for expanding on my thoughts, @songe, Portugal did make great results by legalization.
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thanks for the upvote my friend! followed!
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