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 coldtea on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:40AM (#15860061)

>This scenario doesn't just happen with drug policy, but with practically any divisive policy discussion. People will debate something that is done elsewhere, and ignore completely that it's done elsewhere.

That's called being a sovereign state. Else we'll just all adopt some universal law (of course everybody imagines this law to be one they like. Would you be OK if it was based on Swedish or Saudi Arabian or Guatemalan law?)

Just because "it's done elsewhere" doesn't mean you should do it to, or that it's compatible with your preferences and standards and so on, or with how you want life to be.

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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by majewsky on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:44AM (#15860082)

That's a strawman. The opposite of "ignore completely that it's done elsewhere" is not "copy the other country's law letter by letter". From how it sounds to me, the grandparent argues for learning from other country's experiences and mistakes.

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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by Para2016 on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:48AM (#15860097)

No it's not. Why are you using quotations when he didn't actually write that?

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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by majewsky on Thursday December 07, 2017 @02:52AM (#15868430)

To group multiple words into a single token. Otherwise, the grammar in that sentence would be pretty broken.

Quotation marks are not only for quotes, you know...

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