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Re:Colombia is considering legalizing its cocaine industry by bird_monster on Friday December 04, 2020 @11:18AM (#25304013)
Laws and the adherence to those laws generally fall into managing a country, no? So saying "But other countries did it!" with respect to something like prohibition doesn't really work, apples to apples.

My point is simply that managing the enforcement of a law like prohibition is very different between 800m and 8m people.

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Re:Colombia is considering legalizing its cocaine industry by _-___________-_ on Saturday December 05, 2020 @01:17AM (#25312275)
Where did 800m come from? There are ~330m people in the USA. There are around 160m people in Bangladesh, 90% of whom are legally prohibited from purchasing or consuming alcohol without a prescription. The scale difference for this country alone is around 2x, not 10x like you're claiming. I'd argue 2x doesn't make much difference to enforcement.
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