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To: dangus

While it’s not the US, there are some stats from Portugal, which decriminalized all drugs.

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/then-now-portugals-drug-decriminalization


39 posted on 01/30/2020 9:30:20 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Liberalism is the belief everyone else should be in treatment for your disorder.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Zerohedge is a junk site:

Recreational arijuana is decriminalized, but still illegal in Portugal. Medical marijuana was legalized only in 2018.

The explosion in AIDS cases occurred AFTER a 1987 program to give free, clean needles and condoms away.

Although they declined again, the murder rate in Portugal increased more than 50% after decriminalization, although this included many, more powerful drugs.

Addiction centers, established chiefly in the 1980s and 1990s, have seen a 60% increase rate in addictions since legalization (2001).

HIV infections among drug users declined 17% since decriminalization (2001), but 90% overall.

Drug use has increased more than 55% since 2001.

Portugal doesn’t prove drug decriminalization is a bad idea, but the evidence claimed by ZeroHedge is fake news; the real news is far from unambigious.


50 posted on 01/30/2020 9:54:00 AM PST by dangus
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