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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by thatswrong0 on Thursday June 17, 2021 @05:24PM (#27544636)
Sending those pesky addicts to jail will certainly fix the issue.
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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by username90 on Thursday June 17, 2021 @07:17PM (#27545542)
That is a strawman. Most countries keeps drugs illegal without sending addicts to jail. There is no reason you have to go with one or the other.
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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by brokenmachine on Thursday June 17, 2021 @08:11PM (#27545894)
>Most countries keeps drugs illegal without sending addicts to jail.

This has to be a joke, right? Which countries?

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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by netizen-936824 on Thursday June 17, 2021 @10:49PM (#27546895)
The countries built of straw
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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by eitland on Friday June 18, 2021 @12:53AM (#27547469)
Norway doesn't sendt addicts to jail for addiction as far as I know. (But will sometimes send addicts to jail for dealing drugs or for stealing to finance their drug use.)
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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by piva00 on Friday June 18, 2021 @03:01AM (#27548034)
Norway has passed legislation to decriminalise drugs in small quantities for usage [1].

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-19/norway-to...

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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by skinkestek on Friday June 18, 2021 @04:28AM (#27548465)
Originally there was a much better proposal by Høgre ( literally "Right", probably best translated as "Conservatives") but it was shot down by Arbeiderpartiet ("Worker's Party" / "Labour" depending on how literally you want to translate it.)

If anyone find it more than a bit ironic then we agree.

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