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Re:German police take down 'world's largest darknet marketpl... by brazzy on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:50PM (#25781498)
> Heroin is not a party drug while alcohol is. Cocaine, Meth, and MDMA I would expect to see increase in usage for the party scene but heroin specifically wouldn't see that increase, it would a small increase at first but overall that would go down.

Given how strong the heroin high is and how quickly and strongly physical addiction is, I would not be so sure about that.

> Portugal has shown that if you legalise the drug and make it a health issue

Portugal has not, in fact, legalised any previously illegal drug, or even fully decriminalized it. Not even cannabis.

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Re:German police take down 'world's largest darknet marketpl... by that_guy_iain on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:02PM (#25838847)
> Given how strong the heroin high is and how quickly and strongly physical addiction is, I would not be so sure about that.

Have taken the drug and seen countless addicts, I can be sure on that.

> Portugal has not, in fact, legalised any previously illegal drug, or even fully decriminalized it. Not even cannabis.

OK, but they did make it a health matter instead of criminal matter. The fact the power is no longer in the criminal justice system means it's decriminalised.

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