The right way to think about Legalization

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[–]Rah 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

They legalized it because they want the people addled, drugged, dependant on politicians and lacking every single human right to become better. The only freedom they will have left is how fast they will kill themselves.

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    [–]Rah 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

    Give me one example of one single instance where freeing a society to use a specific drug to their heart's content made it better.

    [–]whistlepig 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Portugal has reduced all usage/overdosing and helped heal many people on these more potent drugs due to a change in legal status of all illicit drugs

    Ummm...... you really want to pretend like you read his comment?

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      [–]Rah 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

      I cannot read arguments made out of thin air without backing. You saying it improved the Portuguese society because less people got overdoses does not translate into less people getting drugs directly.

      [–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

      Drug use dropped in half in Portugal after they legalized everything.

      So they're doing the opposite of what you think and reducing overall drug use by allowing addicts to seek help without being arrested... so clearly that's not their goal

      [–]Rah 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      I only read that overdosing was reduced by half. And drug use is reported by the criminals that are no longer being arrested. Not counting something doesnt magically make it disappear. 21 people were arrested due to drug possession in the entire country prior to legalization. 21. Out of 10 million.

      They formalized criminality. And stopped counting the criminals. And say this is a "success".