Re:Malaysian Grandfather Is Facing Death for Weed
by ramblerman on Friday February 26, 2021 @10:35AM
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81000 is almost a factor 50 higher per capita than portugal which has decriminalized most drugs and treats addicts as people with a health issue, like one might alcoholics.
The quote you pulled from the article from 1997 is also pretty pathetic.
If the author can't distinguish between a crime where there is a very clear perpetrator and victim (rape/incest/murder) and one where at essence we are talking about self harm (drugs/suicide) the premise leaves a lot to be desired.
Re:Malaysian Grandfather Is Facing Death for Weed
by standardUser on Friday February 26, 2021 @10:29AM
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I wish this country would wage a war on rape instead of a war on drugs. But it seems to have no interest in that.
Obviously the big, glaring, unmissable difference between drug use and the other crimes you've mentioned is that doing drugs is a personal choice that primary impacts the individual whereas every other item on your list is only a crime because it has a victim.
Certainly, 81,000 dead in the US during 2020 is a lot of misinformation and ignorance. Presumably these are mostly young lives each with family members having to live with the tragedy.
Not all who oppose legalization are from the 'unthinking masses'. Here's an argument from someone who's spent his working life as a psychiatrist working with prisoners and their drug habits. https://www.city-journal.org/html/don%E2%80%99t-legalize-dru...
"If the war against drugs is lost, then so are the wars against theft, speeding, incest, fraud, rape, murder, arson, and illegal parking."