On 18/09/2013 8:53 PM, Lev Lafayette wrote:
On Wed, September 18, 2013 5:07 pm, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
As soon as you say it is okay, I think you increase the problem; it's legal, so it can't be that bad....
The evidence from Portugal's decriminalisation is that usage declined significantly.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/07/05/ten-years-after-decriminaliz...
And I would hope that would be true for all populations, but I fear that wouldn't be the case. The rat-pack vs park comic was fun and quite interesting too. There are loads of debatable topics, euthanasia is another, some may view unfettered access to drugs as an /easy/ way to provide euthanasia options. Look, I'm going to try to bow out of this conversation; but before I do, let me say that I would fully support the decriminalization of drugs if I believed it might be the best outcome; right now I'm leaning towards fully accepting that premise despite my view that narcotic drugs are bad and they shouldn't exist. Cheers A.