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rateddurr t1_iu377eq wrote

Reply to comment by QuirkyLetter3215 in First Arrest and Charges by the New England Prescription Opioid Strike Force by DrMcMeow

Put all the money from enforcement to public rehab.

Hardly an unbiased source but check out

https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/march/20200303_drugs#:~:text=Czechia%2C%20the%20Netherlands%2C%20Portugal%20and,in%20those%20countries%20are%20low

All criminilzing drugs has done is make criminals.

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QuirkyLetter3215 t1_iu37dav wrote

Mandated rehab instead of jail time I agree with. What about dealers?

Too often people equate “decriminalisation” with “I can do whatever I want”

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rateddurr t1_iu37jpm wrote

Dealers are made by criminalization. Money to be had in the black market. Bring it into the light where there's few places to hide.

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