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I support legalization for ideaological reasons, but that doesn't at all sound accurate to me Drug use will almost definitely sky rocket if drugs are legalized
by Jage 15y ago
I support legalization for ideaological reasons, but that doesn't at all sound accurate to me
Drug use will almost definitely sky rocket if drugs are legalized, at least initially. We can't really say what will happen, say, 5-10 years after, because legalization in this country is unprecedented.
But ask most users if they'd use more if it was legal, and you'll get your answer. Ask some fence sitters who are too scared to try drugs if they'd use currently illicit drugs if it was legal, and you'll get your answer
- corin_ 15y agoThere are also drug addicts who would like to stop, if more money (that's currently spent on prevention) was being spent on treatment. Read up on Portugal, they legalised all drugs, just over ten years ago, and the reports released a few months ago (after ten years of it) showed that there are less people using the drugs that previously were illegal (from weed up to heroine), and a higher percentage of those using drugs are in treatment to stop.
- Egregore 15y agoI think they in Portugal have not legalized, but decriminalized drugs, these are two different things.