Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
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Re: Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
#2This is great. But I sometimes wonder if the people who advocate for "x worked for y, so it is best practice and every should do it" appreciate situation complexities and cultural differences?
Re: Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
#3Because moral vanity is more addictive and destructive than any chemical substance.
Re: Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
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Re: Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
#5Because drug policy is about associating your political opponents with criminal activity and has nothing to do with preventing drug abuse or addiction.
Re: Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
#6Because the US prison industry policy is working as desired.
Re: Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
#7Two reasons:
0. Military Indu$trial Complex
1. Moral-panicking Christian sociopaths hate poor people
Re: Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
#8So it’s apparent that many governments around the world are unwilling to take a similar approach to drug use. But could Google, Apple, Facebook et al provide services there? Create functionality to aid in harm reduction and addiction outreach? What would those things really look like, and would those companies actually leverage their access to billions of people to help with drug abuse?
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#9Re: Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
#10"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -Upton Sinclair
That's about it really. There are a whole lot of people across the world whose salaries depend on an unending drug war.