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Re:'Drug use is a health problem': inside one of the oldest ... by gaganyaan on Monday December 04, 2023 @09:29AM (#38517674)
The right wing people I know would never accept it, even if it came with counseling and all that. They have rejected Portugal's approach and said that that's just giving in to the druggies.

There might be some conservative people that agree with you, but I think most strongly religious conservatives wouldn't. IMO it does come down to punishment. Druggies have sinned and must be punished, spare the rod and all that.

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Re:'Drug use is a health problem': inside one of the oldest ... by kranke155 on Monday December 04, 2023 @09:56AM (#38518033)
This is such a bizarre idea. Thanks to this thread, I learnt that the entire Portuguese drug program now costs something like 16€ million. The results for that is - top 10 country in safety in the world - pretty average results in drug usage in the population.

For 16! Million! That's a preposterous result.

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