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Re:Portugal treats addiction as a disease, not a crime by Swizec on Friday September 22, 2017 @08:00PM (#15317068)
Well technically everyone treats addiction as disease. It’s the possession buying and selling part that’s a crime. You’re free to be addicted to anything you want as long as you’re not buying keeping or selling prohibited substances.
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Re:Portugal treats addiction as a disease, not a crime by smsm42 on Saturday September 23, 2017 @09:02PM (#15322670)
That's like saying "you are free to require food and feel hungry, it's just actual eating that is a crime" and then calling people criminals when they still try to eat.
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Re:Portugal treats addiction as a disease, not a crime by unlmtd1 on Friday September 22, 2017 @08:19PM (#15317188)
It isn't a crime; it is punished by the ruling warlords. And it isn't the buying/possession of narcotics which is forbidden. What they forbid is to buy narcotics which have been grown/made by the warlords enemies (free independent people)
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Re:Portugal treats addiction as a disease, not a crime by mistercow on Friday September 22, 2017 @09:00PM (#15317374)
This is an aggressively unproductive way to frame the situation.
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