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> Even if that is true, the harm that does not come from the fact that it's illegal would be magnified a hundredfold if it became as widespread as alcohol (which is, please keep that in mind, the scenario I was talking about). That's not hyperbole: Accodding to the European Drug Report 2018 ( https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/8585/ ...), the prevalence of injecting drugs (chiefly heroin) is betwe…
> Heroin is not a party drug while alcohol is. Cocaine, Meth, and MDMA I would expect to see increase in usage for the party scene but heroin specifically wouldn't see that increase, it would a small increase at first but overall that would go down. Given how strong the heroin high is and how quickly and strongly physical addiction is, I would not be so sure about that. > Portugal has shown that if you legalise the d…
Have taken the drug and seen countless addicts, I can be sure on that.
> Portugal has not, in fact, legalised any previously illegal drug, or even fully decriminalized it. Not even cannabis.
OK, but they did make it a health matter instead of criminal matter. The fact the power is no longer in the criminal justice system means it's decriminalised.