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Re:DEA Wants Inside Medical Records to Fight the War on Drugs by gozur88 on Friday June 10, 2016 @11:23PM (#11881876)
Really? Then why are drugs illegal in, say, Norway? Or Japan? Racism?
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Re:DEA Wants Inside Medical Records to Fight the War on Drugs by chillingeffect on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @03:11PM (#11904515)
That's actually a great question. I don't know about Norway, but in Japan, a good deal of it is due to US influence. We have exported our War on Drugs. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_United_S...
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Re:DEA Wants Inside Medical Records to Fight the War on Drugs by loqi on Saturday June 11, 2016 @08:24PM (#11886062)
Early 1800s: "Then why is slavery still legal in England et al?"

Right now: "Then why is gay marriage illegal in Japan et al?"

Etc. Your point has nothing to do with the drug war itself, it's broad enough to apply to any early-stage progressive proposal.

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Re:DEA Wants Inside Medical Records to Fight the War on Drugs by gozur88 on Saturday June 11, 2016 @10:08PM (#11886303)
You didn't understand the point, apparently. Countries that were nearly 100% racially homogeneous when they banned drugs couldn't have been doing it because of racism.
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