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A comment on 14 Years After Decriminalizing Drugs, Portugal’s Bold Risk Paid Off. Parent comment

Re:14 Years After Decriminalizing Drugs, Portugal’s Bold Ris... by TulliusCicero on Friday July 28, 2017 @08:26PM (#14878698)
It's technically possible yes, but decriminalization is generally proposed as a component of a larger strategy called "treating addiction as a health issue rather than a criminal one".
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Re:14 Years After Decriminalizing Drugs, Portugal’s Bold Ris... by bdamm on Saturday July 29, 2017 @06:24PM (#14883265)
Your belief in functional, rational government is encouraging.
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Re:14 Years After Decriminalizing Drugs, Portugal’s Bold Ris... by TulliusCicero on Saturday July 29, 2017 @07:14PM (#14883470)
I think it's possible, although sometimes it doesn't feel so. :)
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