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Drug Policy

Voltaire2

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1. Decriminalizing drugs didn't magically stop

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2024, 07:32 AM

Mar 2024

people from abusing drugs so we have to go back to criminalizing it, which for over a century has utterly failed to magically stop people from abusing drugs.

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Decriminalizing drugs didn't magically stop Voltaire2 Mar 2024 #1

Exactly. SarahD Mar 2024 #2