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> Supporters of decriminalization say treatment is more effective than jail in helping people overcome addiction and that the decades-long approach of arresting people for possessing and using drugs hasn’t worked.

It clearly hasn't worked. And clearly all the reasons they decriminalized in the first place are still valid. But I guess we're going back to criminalizing it anyway. Hey, maybe human nature has changed in the last few years, and it'll work this time.

parent karaterobot 2 years ago

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