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Re:Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? by shelly on Monday April 26, 2010 @04:24PM (#1295884)
Agreed. The US spends something like $10 billion a year on marijuana prohibition, and what do we have to show for it?
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Re:Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? by chbarts on Monday April 26, 2010 @07:11PM (#1296563)
A few happy prison owners, a few happy cartel kings, and a lot of happy DEA agents and police officers who will never be out of work.
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Re:Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? by dagw on Tuesday April 27, 2010 @07:06AM (#1297826)
And a lot of voters who feel safer believing their elected officials are doing everything they can to combat this so called evil.
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