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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by ekianjo on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:27PM (#15858507)
> we have seen an uptick in marijuana usage

Isn't that a desirable thing from a government standpoint? More tax income from legal sales? The point to legalize something is that you put some controls in place to know where and how, and at what quality it's being sold, not to have its consumption decrease.

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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by loeg on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:48PM (#15858606)
Opponents would argue the inverse: We criminalize something to have its consumption decrease. So the idea that consumption would rise if legalized means to people of that mindset that the status quo is working. (I don't share this view.)
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