The decriminalizing of drug use I fully support and think it would be easy to do in America and my country Australia. I am undecided on the legalization of drugs and believe it would be much harder to implement successfully. To decrease harm to society there should be less funding(as a percentage of drug policy) on policing of drug laws and more on health and education. I think it is about 10 to 15 % we spend on health and education in Australia.
I think someone said earlier that they had reduction in smoking use(tobacco)in there home country. Same in Australia through education, anti smoking campaigns and ban of advertisements.
In Sydney we have had 1 "safe injection rooms" where statistics have shown reduction deaths, less needles in the streets and playgrounds. There has not been an increase in drug use. With all the evidence in support of the "safe injecting rooms" they are still reluctant to introduce more and some people want to get rid of the rooms altogether.
I think someone said earlier that they had reduction in smoking use(tobacco)in there home country. Same in Australia through education, anti smoking campaigns and ban of advertisements.
In Sydney we have had 1 "safe injection rooms" where statistics have shown reduction deaths, less needles in the streets and playgrounds. There has not been an increase in drug use. With all the evidence in support of the "safe injecting rooms" they are still reluctant to introduce more and some people want to get rid of the rooms altogether.
