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jetandra30:
ALL Drugs, including heroin and crack, are decriminalized in Spain and just recently in Portugal.  They are still illegal and its no walk in the park getting "busted" but you will absolutely not be incarcerated (in jail or prison) for such minor offenses such as possession.  It?s the equivalent of getting a speeding ticket and nobody enjoys getting a speeding ticket. One study in Spain showed that users who are incarcerated use more drugs while incarcerated than while on the street! Did drug use go up in Spain with the liberalization of drug laws?  Nope. They also use far less illegal drugs than Americans.  Who benefits by putting users in prison?  Tax payers?  The community?  The user?  People are a benefit to society and their community when they are healthy and gainfully employed, whether drug user or not.  Ginger, I loved the drug free America picture, that's hilarious!

Decriminalization is a step in the right direction freeing up vast public resources but still fails to put the criminal cartels and drug dealers out of business and still encourages street crime, drug trafficking and money laundering among other social ills.  There?s also an issue of enforcement.  Some sexual positions are still illegal in some states but they are not enforced.  Marijuana is illegal in Vancouver B.C. but is officially a low enforcement priority as it should be.  B.C. cops estimated that every minor pot arrest gets a cop of the street for about 3 hours and they can?t afford to do that.  Enforcement of the law actually makes the streets MORE dangerous as cops must spend all their time processing these ?criminal? as opposed to keeping the streets safe.  At least that?s the way the cops say things and I agree with them.

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