Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health

Re:Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health by bluedino on Saturday November 07, 2020 @12:03PM (#25016304)

So what’s the purpose of them in Japan?

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Re:Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health by x86_64Ubuntu on Saturday November 07, 2020 @04:00PM (#25019292)

We don't have to explain the purpose of the laws in Japan to prove their purpose in the United States.

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Re:Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health by mistermann on Saturday November 07, 2020 @07:27PM (#25021384)

Has an actual proof been provided of their purpose in the United states? I see only a theory.

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Re:Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health by refurb on Sunday November 08, 2020 @09:57AM (#25026147)

Japan offers an alternative explanation.

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Re:Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health by grawprog on Saturday November 07, 2020 @01:41PM (#25017318)

Most of them were instated after the US occupation of Japan post-world war 2. At the time they served the purpose of asserting America's control over Japan. What purpose they serve there now, who knows?

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Re:Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health by Ericson2314 on Saturday November 07, 2020 @01:15PM (#25017038)

It's unclear what purpose they serve in Japan. That doesn't make it less clear in the US.

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Re:Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health by scrose on Saturday November 07, 2020 @01:09PM (#25016987)

Japan is a different country, with different cultures, values and history. Answering ‘whataboutism’ type of questions almost always leads to an endless loop of accomplishing nothing.

What about Russia? What about China? Etc... There is no value in these questions when they have no relation to the original statement being made.

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