Comments on: Edmonton: Drug mis-education results in avoidable teen deaths http://jackbootedliberal.com/2009/05/the-difference-between-mdma-and-bleach/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:09:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joshua Bardwell http://jackbootedliberal.com/2009/05/the-difference-between-mdma-and-bleach/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Joshua Bardwell Tue, 05 May 2009 08:24:13 +0000 http://jackbootedliberal.com/?p=417#comment-721 How about this: <strong>The success of drug decriminalization in Portugal</strong> In 2001, Portugal became the only EU-member state to decriminalize drugs, a distinction which continues through to the present. Last year, working with the Cato Institute, I went to that country in order to research the effects of the decriminalization law (which applies to all substances, including cocaine and heroin) and to interview both Portuguese and EU drug policy officials and analysts (the central EU drug policy monitoring agency is, by coincidence, based in Lisbon). Evaluating the policy strictly from an empirical perspective, decriminalization has been an unquestionable success, leading to improvements in virtually every relevant category and enabling Portugal to manage drug-related problems (and drug usage rates) far better than most Western nations that continue to treat adult drug consumption as a criminal offense. http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/14/portugal/ How about this:

The success of drug decriminalization in Portugal

In 2001, Portugal became the only EU-member state to decriminalize drugs, a distinction which continues through to the present. Last year, working with the Cato Institute, I went to that country in order to research the effects of the decriminalization law (which applies to all substances, including cocaine and heroin) and to interview both Portuguese and EU drug policy officials and analysts (the central EU drug policy monitoring agency is, by coincidence, based in Lisbon). Evaluating the policy strictly from an empirical perspective, decriminalization has been an unquestionable success, leading to improvements in virtually every relevant category and enabling Portugal to manage drug-related problems (and drug usage rates) far better than most Western nations that continue to treat adult drug consumption as a criminal offense.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/14/portugal/

]]> By: StacyCat http://jackbootedliberal.com/2009/05/the-difference-between-mdma-and-bleach/comment-page-1/#comment-720 StacyCat Tue, 05 May 2009 07:41:14 +0000 http://jackbootedliberal.com/?p=417#comment-720 Which leads me to my question, has a drug policy like this (the education based plan) been done in other countries? We have evidence that harm reduction strategies with injectable drugs do wonders for everyone, but I am not sure that it has been replicated in a general drug context. Which leads me to my question, has a drug policy like this (the education based plan) been done in other countries? We have evidence that harm reduction strategies with injectable drugs do wonders for everyone, but I am not sure that it has been replicated in a general drug context.

]]> By: Issa http://jackbootedliberal.com/2009/05/the-difference-between-mdma-and-bleach/comment-page-1/#comment-718 Issa Tue, 05 May 2009 03:49:34 +0000 http://jackbootedliberal.com/?p=417#comment-718 Ooh, that hadn't occurred to me before, either. There's even more research support for the evils of abstinence sex ed, so it might be interesting to take a look and apply that to drug prohibition. Ooh, that hadn’t occurred to me before, either. There’s even more research support for the evils of abstinence sex ed, so it might be interesting to take a look and apply that to drug prohibition.

]]> By: Sarah http://jackbootedliberal.com/2009/05/the-difference-between-mdma-and-bleach/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Sarah Mon, 04 May 2009 19:19:01 +0000 http://jackbootedliberal.com/?p=417#comment-716 Sure:) It hadn't occurred to me until I read your post. Sure:) It hadn’t occurred to me until I read your post.

]]> By: Joshua Bardwell http://jackbootedliberal.com/2009/05/the-difference-between-mdma-and-bleach/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Joshua Bardwell Mon, 04 May 2009 19:17:36 +0000 http://jackbootedliberal.com/?p=417#comment-715 That's a really good parallel that had never occurred to me. Thanks! That’s a really good parallel that had never occurred to me. Thanks!

]]> By: Sarah http://jackbootedliberal.com/2009/05/the-difference-between-mdma-and-bleach/comment-page-1/#comment-714 Sarah Mon, 04 May 2009 19:15:13 +0000 http://jackbootedliberal.com/?p=417#comment-714 It'd never before occurred to me how similar this all is to abstinence only sex ed. How sad. It’d never before occurred to me how similar this all is to abstinence only sex ed. How sad.

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