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Re:Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Un... by PTPoster on Thursday December 19, 2019 @05:15AM (#21833543)
A created an account just to tell you that you are wrong about Portuguese laws. It's a common mistake.

Here in Portugal drug use is what we call ”decriminalized”. It's forbidden but not persecutted/punishable.

But I agree that going after drug users is a waste of effort, and more contries should do like us and just go after dealers and distributors.

The only way you could go after users is if you use an extreme islam way, death penalty. Not very ethical.

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Re:Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Un... by arcticbull on Thursday December 19, 2019 @05:29AM (#21833610)
Indeed, I'm usually more careful to distinguish legalization and decriminalization. Marijuana is however legal in Canada.
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Re:Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Un... by brutt on Thursday December 19, 2019 @11:16AM (#21836207)
Marijuana is still illegal in USA.
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Re:Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Un... by arcticbull on Thursday December 19, 2019 @04:59PM (#21839742)
Well, not federally, I guess it's an opinion question re: how you feel about states rights.
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