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drpvn t1_j61m7s4 wrote

In case anyone’s interested in how Portugal handles this stuff, here’s an interview with João Goulão, the guy who decided Portugal’s approach.

https://youtu.be/LH0LBPfRjIs

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supermechace t1_j63bm8f wrote

Smaller European countries are bad example as drug cartels are chasing where the money is and also geographic differences.

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drpvn t1_j63sbnz wrote

I was in Lisbon years ago and it was like the Tenderloin in San Francisco. Junkie zombies everywhere. They’ve turned that around.

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supermechace t1_j63vupk wrote

Challenge is that drug pusher national cartels focus is on the USA due to the billions involved, making the scale much larger. A more analogous historical example is the "opium war" between Britain and China, except a point can be made that be made it's a war that's waged between economic classes

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