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Re:America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users by edgyquant on Saturday December 03, 2022 @01:38PM (#33846026)
This is a lie that is continuously propagated. Portugal has not seen a reeducation in overdoses: quite the opposite

https://www.statista.com/statistics/911927/drug-overdose-dea...

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Re:America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users by jeffbee on Saturday December 03, 2022 @02:36PM (#33846527)
I assumed that Zurich’s failed experiment decades ago would have ended the possibility of further debate.
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Re:America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users by scott00 on Saturday December 03, 2022 @07:48PM (#33849253)
Portugal decriminalized possession, but production and sale remains illegal. Without legalized production and sale users are still using drugs with poor dose consistency, which is what kills people.
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