Check out Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari. Very insightful book.
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Check out Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari. Very insightful book.
Thanks @sportfan I will.. You have any personal views to add...
As @chrudtzu cited, the Portuguese model has been running since around 2001 and has seen a dramatic change. If you can give hardcore users a safe environment to use it certainly benefits the wider public. The rehab programs actually work there too. Drug use there has decreased. And no, it didn't become a drug party tourism capital either like had been suggested when the program launched. People were saying it would be like what Amsterdam is for weed except 10 times worse. That hasn't been the case.
The current system needs to change. How can you have a war on drugs approaching 100 years?! The war was lost a long time ago. How have we not tried a different approach until now? Because there are far too many beneficiaries to change the system that is why. I have strong rooted feelings about the world we live in and how it needs to change. See my 'introduceyourself' post. I will write more on some of those topics too.
@sportsfan Great post!! Nothing to add, we seem pretty aligned with our views. I will take sometime today to read through your posts..
Cheers. Good to have some discussion on the above.
I have only been here for a couple of days so far. Been really busy with work so haven't been able to write much. Hopefully next week I can add a post or 2 to my introduction post.