Portugal has had legal illicit drugs for 10 years

[heavenlyboy34]

....but they didn't experience the horrors that the anti-drug crowd predicts. Show YouTube - Portugal legalizes drugs. Crime/Usage falls. to your anti-drug friends and watch them weep.

 

[Travlyr]

Nice.

I'm all for it. But, if we tried that here we would put a lot of people out of work.

 

[Kotin]

I'm all for it. But, if we tried that here we would put a lot of people out of work.

A compelling reason to keep locking people up for a harmless activity..


Though you are right, the drug cartels may be out of work..

 

[Travlyr]

Though you are right, the drug cartels may be out of work..

And I'll bet that they haven't been paying into unemployment insurance, so they would likely starve. Where's the compassion in that?

 

[Fox McCloud]

now imagine if they did away with the commissions and legalized drug trafficking; it'd be even less of a problem.

 

[libertybrewcity]

bookmarked for future watching. great information! there is hope for freedom.

 

[Zulator]

I'm for legalizing drugs if we can criminalize idiocy.

 

[idirtify]

I'm all for it. But, if we tried that here we would put a lot of people out of work.

Yeah, most of the government, most of the police, and most of the criminals.

 

[Zippyjuan]

I think a key portion of what they have done is the push for rehab on users. Simply decriminalizing without the rehab portion would likely not help much.

 

[furface]

Though you are right, the drug cartels may be out of work..

By drug cartels I'm assuming you're talking about police unions, prison unions, lawyers, judges, etc.

 

[dannno]

I think a key portion of what they have done is the push for rehab on users. Simply decriminalizing without the rehab portion would likely not help much.

Uhh, it would help a ton.. though I have no problem with people privately funding rehab clinics... but you won't see me in any of those.

Rehab is for quitters.