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spindritf on Nov 4, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Destroying drug cartels, the mathematical way

I don't think there's a first world government that would survive legalisation of cocaine or heroin. It's not going to happen any time soon.

riffraff on Nov 4, 2012 [–]

Not legalization, but portugal seem to have had some massive success on all fronts by decriminalizing all kind of drugs.

This was, for me, a somewhat surprising result, so maybe it's worth keeping an open mind about what would happen with full legalization of everything.

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