I'm inclined to agree with you on that one

so you're telling me you think it would be "easy" to nationally dismantle the law enforcement industrial complex and institute all the societal safety nets that are required of a program like this?

>You take all that money being wasted on enforcement and incarceration and divert it to health services

it's reeeeeeaaaaaally not that simple lol we have some of the worst problems in the country for drug use and homelessness and part of that is because all drugs were decriminalized. it makes sense if you really think about it haha

edit: also forgive me if I'm wrong cause I don't know a lot about baltimore yet but isn't it true that mass incarceration and overpolicing is like a REALLY big complex problem here because of the systemic racism? wouldn't that have to be dismantled too?

as someone whose hometown has arguably the worst drug and homeless problem in the nation (and we actually did decriminalize all drugs), decriminalization here isn't as easy or simple as it is in Portugal and imo it's more of a band aid fix

🎵 waaaay down in the hole 🎵

yeesh

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