How Long Are We Going To Continue the Immoral, And Horribly Failed War On Drugs

As I have stated several times before, the war on drugs is not only not working, it is doing far more harm than the addictive drugs themselves.

Government is not supposed to be in the business of punishment, or revenge; especially in the area of addiction (the point here being for government to resort to restricting freedom because we cannot trust certain individuals any more). The purpose there should the minimization of harm, and the best way of doing that, in my opinion, is to legalize all of it and then control how it is used; giving it away to those who can't afford it, but not allowing them to leave the administration centers until the drug has worn off (at least for the most dangerously debilitating drugs),

The point then is to offer treatment at every iteration of a dosage cycle, imploring the user to consider carefully what they are doing (with real treatment options available), but accepting, in the end, the notion that you can't help people who don't want to be helped. And if that means allowing people to dose themselves to death than so be it.

JUST LEGALIZE IT

Portugal's Radical Drugs Policy Is Working. Why Hasn't The World Copied It?

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Since it decriminalized all drugs in 2001, Portugal has seen dramatic drops in overdoses, HIV infection and drug-related crime.