What Happens When You Decriminalize ALL Drugs? »
Posted By jovial 4 months, 1 week ago in Health & Fitness
Legalizing all drugs in Portugal has had a surprising effect. Drug use hasn't exploded as many expected. A surprising outcome to a social experiment.
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Grew up In Brooklyn. Joined the Navy in 1976 stayed in 10 years. Aircraft Electronics tech. Worked for Major Govt. contractor then settled in California ...
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ameliog4 months, 1 week ago
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The glamor, or forbidden fruit effect was also noted in the Netherlands, although I understand that they've tightened up their criminalization laws anyway. Overall drug use did not escalate there either.
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Pharmaceutical drug usage continues to climb, through legal prescription or otherwise. How many households have no prescription drugs in them? How'd we get so sick that we need all these medications?-
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fiftynine4 months, 1 week ago
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"How'd we get so sick that we need all these medications?"...TV...Get an erection,get rid of an erection,look better,sleep better,don't sneeze,don't cough...we have a pill for you..you know you want it,you know you need it...Got the sniffles,bad period,headaches,diarrhea,how about those restless legs,etc,ect,ect..friggin etc...But you kids stay away from drugs ,you know they are bad..HYPOCRISY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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JohnGault4 months, 1 week ago
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Jovial, this is you at your best. IMHO.
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Something that I have always pondered. Looking at the corruption of South America and Mexico, one must strongly look at this option as their battles bleeds over the borders. My pause and one that holds more weight, is how heroin and cocaine swallow up lives. Maybe I'm just getting older, but watching our youth, which seems to have no direction it would be putting a match to a dry forest.-
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jovial4 months, 1 week ago
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I didn't write this story. To some it may seem like I write these stories, because i usually can back up the stories I submit rather eloquently, In this case, I just wanted to explore other options to the existing policies and how drug use is handled in this country. If I even made you think for a second, i achieved my goal. We have spent billions of dollars fighting the war on drugs. Yet illegal drugs are readily available troughout America. Maybe we ought to think about a better solution.
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