Comments by "seneca983" (@seneca983) on "Is Decriminalising all Drugs a Good Idea? Portugals Radical Drug Policy Explained - TLDR News" video.

  1. They liked the Portuguese policy.
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  2. I'm hoping that tobacco could be banned someday but it probably can only be feasible if the use has declined enough before that.
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  3. Which part is incorrect?
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  4. Czech GDP per capita is 30% lower. That's sizable but not enormous.
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  5. It is decriminalization.
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  6.  @RoderikPlas  "That's because there are still legal restrictions that criminalise the possession of drugs." Possession is criminalized only for amounts above a certain limit. It's reasonable to call that decriminalization (of use and possession of small amounts).
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  7. "What people really care about is not that more os less people would die of drug missuse" I'm pretty sure many people do care about that at least somewhat. Depends on the individual of course.
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  8. Did they use that word anywhere? Are you sure you're not confusing "agnostic" (the view that the existence or non-existence of God is unknowable) and "agonist" (a chemical that binds to a receptor and activates it)?
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  9.  @SwissSareth  They mentioned marijuana. They weren't hiding anything. You may quibble about what would be the best wording but I think it's worth mentioning that marijuana was the only one to go up.
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  10.  @prunabluepepper  "You also say, that minorities and foreigners are more likely to be arrested for trafficking, which is logical, since most drug dealers in Portugal come from Morocco." The point was that when a person is caught possessing an amount of drugs above the criminal limit the police exercise their discretion to arrest or not arrest in a way such that e.g. a Moroccan is more likely to get arrested than a non-foreign looking Portuguese person.
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