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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by andrewstuart on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:24PM (#15858481)
Where does the assumption come from that the idea is to decrease usage?

I would expect drug usage to increase when legalized.

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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by bsenftner on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:57PM (#15858652)
That expectation is purely based on anti-drug propaganda. In every published study, the legal availability of marijuana reduces usage of other, harder drugs. It even reduces usage of alcohol. It is in the statistics of study after study.
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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by berbec on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:38PM (#15858566)
I would expect that for marijuana usage would increase. I do have my doubts we would suddenly see a rapid spike in meth usage.
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