Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working (2017)

Post by dondawest » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 2:12 PM UTC

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It’s not obvious AT ALL. If you’re aware of the “cluster effect” of those with rapid-onset gender dysphoria, you’re aware that being trans is highly influenced by ones social conditions. You’re making an argument that nature is everything when it comes to one’s LGBT status and nurture means nothing, but there’s mountains of evidence to show this is not the case. If you want to tell me that it’s JUST A COINKYDINK that…

"Rapid onset gender dysphoria" is a fake diagnosis made up by transphobes. It's just the latest iteration of trying to divide trans people into the "good ones" and the "bad ones", just like the fake Blanchardian "HSTS/AGP" typology. The fact that you cite it is a strong signal about you, personally. Take queer people at their word or fuck off.

Post by 4ntonius8lock » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 4:35 PM UTC

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The war on drugs is and has always been racist, it is targeting minorities and filling prisons. How it is precieved is a different thing.

> The war on drugs is and has always been racist, it is targeting minorities and filling prisons. How it is precieved is a different thing. You're missing the point: do today's voters tend to think of it that way? In my opinion, no, they do not. So if you go around arguing that the war on drugs is racist, or exclusively for the benefit of prisons, a lot of people know it isn't racist for them , and that they don't ag…

Post by 4ntonius8lock » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 4:56 PM UTC

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I recently read some something that had the following premise: Immigrants leave their family and friends behind. People who are more empathetic have a harder time doing this. Therefore, countries with net emigration will grow more empathetic. Countries with net immigration will grow less. While just anecdotal, this is something that I've confirmed with my experiences. I'll add in that countries which were founded on…

It does not seem right to me. My country is also a small Latin country like Portugal and we have significant emigration - people are not more empathetic, the hard life that makes people leave does not make the others empathetic.

Post by phil248 » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 5:05 PM UTC

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Using drugs to treat a physical addiction is first and foremost a "coping mechanism" for treating the physical addiction. When a serious alcoholic is puking themselves nearly to death as they try and get sober, they aren't trying to escape some childhood trauma or "stress". They are trying to escape a physical addiction that has already dramatically altered their mind and body and may possibly kill them. You may be c…

If withdrawal symptoms were really the main reason addicts continued to use drugs then relapses would be rare. I recommend reading about the Rat Park experiments: > In another experiment, he forced rats in ordinary lab cages to consume the morphine-laced solution for 57 days without other liquid available to drink. When they moved into Rat Park, they were allowed to choose between the morphine solution and plain wate…

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 7:13 PM UTC

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This story always comes back every year. With some ground knowledge on this, as I worked previously for Portugal Ministry of Health (Regional Subdivision). All this is price, and the programme works because drugs go where the money is, i.e. not Portugal, goes to the UK and Germany. On the other hand, Alcoholism is a massive issue in Portugal, and there is no Government action.

> because drugs go where the money is, i.e. not Portugal, goes to the UK and Germany. What do you mean? Russia is one of the main drug consumers, and that's not where money is.