Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?

Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by adventured on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @03:44AM (#15859585)

Please enlighten as to what would qualify as a wave of crime then, in your opinion.

A 600% increase in acid attacks? A 200% increase in gun offenses? A 70% increase in knife crimes?

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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by Richs99 on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @03:57AM (#15859639)

A 600% increase in what was a tiny number to start with is not a "crime wave"

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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by adventured on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @04:22AM (#15859744)

~500 acid attacks annually in London, growing as rapidly as it has been the last three years, is not a tiny number nor a trivial matter.

London has a lot of knife crime. A 24% increase in such a short amount of time is not a tiny increase in that either.

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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by toomanybeersies on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:52AM (#15860127)

So from 80, to 500, in a population of almost 9 million?

That's not to mention that we need to look at numbers in a long term trend, looking at 1 or 2 years of data doesn't show the full story.

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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by msg3 on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:14AM (#15859957)

Something not based on cherry-picking statistics.

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