(January 12, 2016 at 11:06 am)dyresand Wrote: Portugal legalized all drugs and their society is clean because of it. Here on the other hand we have the "war" on drugs a failing "war" at that.
D.A.R.E caused more drug use than keeping kids and teens away from drugs. What it really comes down to as to why drugs cant be legal it's
the private sector of all places. If all drugs are legal that is a good amount of people walking out of jail and prison with drug related charges.
There is a lot of money to be made to put people into jail than to keep them out of it in reality. So can all drugs be legal yes they can and they
also can be regulated but you know ignorance is the thing keeping it from being legal.
I'm Portuguese and I can guarantee we didn't legalize all drugs. What we did was to decriminalize possession of some drugs up to a certain specified amount. You can't buy any drug legally apart from medication, tobacco and alcohol. Truth be told, we are not putting people in prison for stupid reasons, but to think we legalized drugs is simply not true. Apart from that, cops can apprehend your drugs and basically send you to a psychologist for support but you're not forced to go trough it if you don't want. Everyday I have to deal with addicts begging for a coin or asking me if I have a cigarette. It is annoying.
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