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In Portugal you are brought in front of a judge where you will be offered help with addictions. You're still arrested for having and/or using drugs. People holding more than small amounts or producing are still jailed.

In the Netherlands they have such a problem of narco-tourism that they had to harden laws regarding drugs and I would not be surprised that more hardening will come. Additionally, not all drugs were made legal.

You seem to believe that penalizing drugs usage is wrong and counter-productive. My point of view is that it's normal for a state to regulate substances that are potentially harmful.

At some point we leave the domain of objective arguments for the domain of personal beliefs.




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