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This is nonsense. Even if I take your comment in the non-literal sense "get rid of drug dealers" then decriminalization has shown to be much more effective.



Maybe I should have clarified what drugs I was referring to, not pot obviously.

Decriminalization of the drugs that destroy users lives has been show to be more effective at what?


Reducing rates of HIV transmission, reducing overdoses, reducing drug-related crime.

At least in Portugal: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/05/portugals-radic...




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