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by bit-anarchist 13 days ago
That's still not proof of victimhood. Only that's imprudent to consume drugs.

Also, due to politization of the topic, part of the data is distorted to help sell the war on drugs, which had a much more destructive effect overall, aside from failing in its main goal.
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cubefox 13 days ago
The ""war"" on drugs seems to be pretty successful in some countries where illegal drug usage is quite low compared to others.
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bit-anarchist 13 days ago
Certainly not on the US, or any country where the criminalization is in full force.
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cubefox 13 days ago
> Certainly not on the US

We don't know how much higher the drug usage would be if all drugs were legalized.

> or any country where the criminalization is in full force.

That's an extremely general statement which is almost certainly wrong.

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bit-anarchist 13 days ago
> We don't know how much higher the drug usage would be if all drugs were legalized.

Given what we know about the prohibition era and insights about the success in the fight against drug abuse, it's a pretty safe bet.

> That's an extremely general statement which is almost certainly wrong.

Is it? Even the most successful countries, like Japan and Singapore, seem to have low drug usage despite of criminalization, not because of. Even then, the data is murky, because criminalization of usage incentivizes low self-reporting.

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