Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the...
by andrewG2 on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @02:27PM
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If you refer to statistics, and there is official international statistics on that matter, please provide reference. So far I never see any evidence for your point of view. You refer to it like commonly "known" fact, but it is not.
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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the...
by belorn on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:13PM
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http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jun/...
It should also be noted that the data set they used only include mass killing with guns, and not mass stabbings. Those also happens, including here in Sweden a year ago at a school. But if you don't like that data then bring more and we can discuss.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/Firearm.htm
Two things pops out. First that the variance is massive within the united states. The second part is that 63 percent were suicides. It is very doubtful that a single correlating factor accounts for the variance.