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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by Retric on Saturday July 08, 2023 @07:59AM (#36643554)
The homeless drug addicts covers a huge range of people. Many actually claw their way back into normal society. No solution is going to fix everyone but you can minimize the externalities from homelessness.

It’s simply an optimization problem. Prison is horrendously expensive, and people on the street have real externalities for everyone in the area.

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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by blowski on Saturday July 08, 2023 @08:03AM (#36643582)
I was with you until “simply”. Nothing about this problem is simple.
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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by Retric on Saturday July 08, 2023 @08:15AM (#36643647)
Being an optimization problem doesn’t mean it’s simple, just that there are tradeoffs.

If anything the complexity is why it’s an optimization problem.

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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by dudeinjapan on Saturday July 08, 2023 @08:34AM (#36643772)
It’s simply complex.
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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by bbotond on Saturday July 08, 2023 @08:22AM (#36643687)
What does commenting 3 asterisks mean? I’ve been noticing this more and more recently
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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by dudeinjapan on Saturday July 08, 2023 @08:35AM (#36643781)
It’s an alt-right dog whistle.
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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by bitsinthesky on Saturday July 08, 2023 @10:24AM (#36644733)
What does it refer to? Couldn't find anything on Google.
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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by dudeinjapan on Saturday July 08, 2023 @11:21AM (#36645255)
Hah like I'm gonna fall for that... only an alt-righter would pretend like they don't know.
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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by blowski on Saturday July 08, 2023 @02:35PM (#36647366)
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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by mike4ty4 on Saturday July 08, 2023 @03:36PM (#36647951)
What if we make it not simple, but "simply" exclude just one solution - lifetime punishment (prison + 40,000 collateral consequences, life imprisonment, or a death penalty) - directed against the persons with the problem, from the mix, and leave everything else as wide open as ever for consideration?
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