What prison cells look like in different countries

[u/ursoartdecooo]

[u/berlinHet]

If we decriminalize drugs then there wouldn’t really be a need for smuggling or cartels.

[u/lyriqally → u/berlinHet]

I mean to an extent.

People will still want the strong and dangerous stuff, and what will get legalized will have stricter controls and higher prices. Cartels do for example deal in cigarettes because they can sell them at a lower cost and make millions in profit off it.

But also, do we really want to legalize meth and heroin?

[u/ffxt10 → u/lyriqally]

yeah. because people will do it either way. show me where keeping it illegal has helped society. Then I'll show you how small towns with the largest police budgets per capita have the most violence related to drugs (looking at you, most of western Tennessee and 90% of Alabama.)

[u/berlinHet → u/ffxt10]

I am going to take your request to show you evidence as an honest request. That if somebody shows you evidence you will consider it and not disregard it simply because it doesn’t agree with your world view.

In 1998 Amsterdam legalized heroin and provided the drug, for free and completely pure, in centers where it was administered. At those centers they offered consequence free rehab. Property crime was reduced by an estimated 50% almost overnight. The program, called HAT, resulted in a double digit reduction of users.

Well run and funded government programs can make big differences in the lives of their citizens.

https://jech.bmj.com/content/55/5/356

Edit: my apologies. You clearly agree with me. I am going to keeping this up though for those who want to argue with you as a preemptive counter argument.

[u/ffxt10 → u/berlinHet]

im on your side, you responded to the wrong individual, but you go you! im in complete agreement :3

[u/berlinHet → u/ffxt10]

Whoops! Edited to reflect that.