Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now having doubts

Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by vsviridov on Saturday July 08, 2023 @04:12AM (#36642416)

Except people start reselling legal drugs to the jurisdiction where they remain illegal... For this to work out as intended it would have to be planet-wide.

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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by throwaway77384 on Saturday July 08, 2023 @04:15AM (#36642427)

Well, the criminal networks are planet-wide. The war on drugs is planet-wide. Thus, the legalisation of drugs can also be planet-wide.

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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by KaiserPro on Saturday July 08, 2023 @05:05AM (#36642679)

a few things:

1) illegal drugs are still illegal, just like now.

2) the quality of the illegal drugs rise significantly if sourced from reliable, regulated manufactures

3) the "blood" cost of production drops precipitously

4) the end user cost drops as well.

Now without support, those addicted will still flounder. However they won't need to do as much crime to fund it (much better for society, worse for the individual)

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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by tinus_hn on Saturday July 08, 2023 @06:18AM (#36643036)

Sounds like a problem for that other jurisdiction.

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