Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work?

Re:Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? by Qz on Monday April 26, 2010 @02:21PM (#1295481)

I don't disagree that legalization would reduce violence. Part of it probably comes from the fact that since what they're doing (on a large scale) is massively illegal, so using violence to compete isn't much of a leap.

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Re:Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? by warfangle on Monday April 26, 2010 @02:37PM (#1295535)

A huge part of it is by sheer nature of the black market, traditional dispute resolution is out of the question.

You can't go to a lawyer and say, "This dude backed out on his deal, cheating me out of $10,000 of grass."

So the only method left for many grey/black market areas is physical retaliation.

Outlaw a market, and only outlaws (and their own twisted senses of justice and retribution) will thrive in the market.

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