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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by adrr on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @02:40AM (#38610771)
Can always look at places that don't have drug problems like Singapore, Qatar or UAE. decriminalization. look at china who also had a crippling opiate problem with opium and it wasn't solve with decriminalization. Opoids have no place in society and there's no such thing as harm reduction when it comes to opioid use besides complete prohibition. I know 4 people who have died from opioid over doses, and just recently lost a former coworker last week. Fentantyl is a society destroyer and it's just getting worse.
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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by LeafItAlone on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @07:26AM (#38611300)
Are those really good comparison countries though? To me, it seems like some of their basic views on rights are antithetical to those in the US, going way beyond how to deal with drug problems.
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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by adrr on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @04:15PM (#38618656)
Japan,Taiwan and south Korea as more examples. Japan has life sentences for opioid distribution/sale. Taiwan has mandatory 3 year sentencing simple possession of class 1 drugs (Opioids). South Korea also has very strict sentencing laws for opioid possession and usage ranging from 1 to 3 years. Most of laws were influenced by the Opium wars 100 years ago.
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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by kevingadd on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @07:33AM (#38611349)
So you're basically advocating for widespread rollback of civil rights, based on the examples you chose?
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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by google234123 on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @09:26AM (#38612476)
You don’t have a right to theft. Let’s go back to punishing crime.
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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by kevingadd on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @04:43PM (#38619051)
"punishing crime" is a frankly insulting understatement of the way countries like Singapore or the UAE treat accused criminals. Not to mention the list of things that count as crimes there. I mean if you're that angry about shoplifters or homeless people doing drugs on the street, okay, but don't be dishonest about what these role model countries actually do
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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by adrr on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @01:20PM (#38616152)
Solving the drug problem in US through decriminalization and harm reduction programs is an effective as solving gun violence through the same means.
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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by Vt71fcAqt7 on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @09:49AM (#38612824)
What are you reffering to wrt Singapore? They have stricter laws than China.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misuse_of_Drugs_Act_(Singapo...

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