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RE: TL;DR 5 Sentence Summary - 14 Years After Decriminalizing Drugs, Portugal’s Bold Risk Paid Off

in #news7 years ago (edited)

Exactly. This is obvious to any sensible people and great to see some progressive nations. Why should there be a 'war' anyway? Drug users aren't criminals and alcohol is as 'good' or 'bad' as any other drug, yet legal (go figure ;)). Education, awareness and support are the keys. A lot of time, energy and money spent on something that could and should be legalised. As ever, it's up to the individual, not a government or any other organisation and I suspect it would have mostly positive results, as outlined above...

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Indeed! It's getting harder and harder to deny that decriminalizing drugs actually benefits a society. The extra budget that's now freed up can go towards everything from cleaning up communities to providing more beneficial programs for health and wellness.

It's not drugs that are creating criminals. It's mainly poverty and the death spiral of being born, raised and stuck in that group.