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Re:Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? by Vivtek on Monday April 26, 2010 @11:39PM (#1297140)
But without that firehose of ready cash, the cartels will die an unlamented death in short order. The same applies to Colombia. We need to decriminalize.
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Re:Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? by wtn on Wednesday April 28, 2010 @04:29AM (#1301067)
No, that's not how it works. In Mexico the cartels are more resilient than the state.
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Re:Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? by Vivtek on Thursday April 29, 2010 @07:25PM (#1306493)
Then nothing we do will make any difference, and clearly the fact that we might make the cartels kidnap more is not an argument against decriminalization.
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