Portugal Decriminalized All Drugs Eleven Years Ago And The Results Are Staggering | Business Insider

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Recently there has been attention in the news about "drug rooms" in Europe where addicts can smoke or shoot up in public; even the use of narcan in the US to treat rather than criminalize drug use.

NO NO NO

We need to put everybody who ever sparked a reefer or tooted a line in The Big House for EVER. If we don't the very fabric of our society will slide down a slippery slope into a mooshy goopy morass of sin and depravity of BIBLICAL proportions!!!!

Or something.

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1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
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'sides you can't believe what a buncha lyin' portagees say anyhow

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Yeah that'll work. Just legalize and encourage everybody. The country's already packed with junkies, so what's a few hundred/thousand/million more?

We sure wouldn't want to be doing anything to encourage GOOD behavior now, would we? That would be way too politically incorrect.

Get the freaking gov out of the bedroom, boardroom, pocket book and hospital.

Did you read the article? That's exactly what they are doing, trying to encourage good behavior by treatment and rehabilitation instead of just throwing them in prison.

I know some good reading teachers if you want a tutor.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

My reading is fine. Would you like me to recommend a book or two about the difference between right and wrong? Some folks have trouble telling them apart.

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

― Plato

Yeah, allowing more people to become drug addicts uninhibited is certainly enlightening. The thought of promoting drug use uninhibited, sounds so stupid that only a drug user could go along with it.

Who's promoting drug use?
You clearly didn't read the article. What a surprise.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Is someone promoting the idea of uninhibited drug use?

Portugal’s move to decriminalize does not mean people can carry around, use, and sell drugs free from police interference. That would be legalization. Rather, all drugs are “decriminalized,” meaning drug possession, distribution, and use is still illegal. While distribution and trafficking is still a criminal offence, possession and use is moved out of criminal courts and into a special court where each offender’s unique situation is judged by legal experts, psychologists, and social workers. Treatment and further action is decided in these courts, where addicts and drug use is treated as a public health service rather than referring it to the justice system (like the U.S.)
The resulting effect: a drastic reduction in addicts,

This sure sounds like something you would approve of.....

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Alcohol is legal, do you get drunk every day? True, legalization may attract some new users on a trial basis. Part of the allure of drug use is the fact that it is illegal. That attraction will be lost once it's legal.

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'83 300D, 126K miles.

Maybe that will work.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13