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Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs by arroz on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:01AM (#31582781)
I don’t think normalizing the situation is good in anyway. This will only create bigger problems in the future. The US and Canada already have issues with drug addiction compared to other western countries.
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Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs by GLGirty on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:09AM (#31582947)
US and Canada have issues with rapidly declining quality of life and social mobility. Drug use might be, quite literally, opiate for the masses.
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Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs by orphea on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @12:11PM (#31584054)
> I don’t think normalizing the situation is good in anyway

Portugal thinks otherwise.

- https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/05/portugals-radic...

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Re:Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs by 29083011397778 on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @03:25PM (#31586767)
Notably, in the linked article, the greatest good didn't come from the legal change. Instead, it was the normalization that allowed others to seek help that had the biggest impact.
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