Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the...
by ta98789878 on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @09:31AM
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It's frustrating to keep seeing people use the phrase "buyback" when they mean "confiscation". In the US, at any rate, a "buyback" is voluntary. For linguistic comparison, the taking of land by eminent domain includes compensation, but one certainly would not say the government "bought" the land.
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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the...
by dalbasal on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @09:33AM
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In Australia it was voluntary.
Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the...
by Zak on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @01:53PM
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"You may sell the thing that's about to become illegal for you to possess to the government for a price set by the government" stretches the definition of voluntary.
Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the...
by ta98789878 on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @09:39AM
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Classes of firearms were made illegal. Do you mean the newly illegal classes were grandfathered and those owned before the ban could be legally kept by their owners?