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> no jail time for possession.

isn't that the definition of 'do what they want'

if you are not going to put people in jail for drugs

people will do drugs.

People will do drugs regardless, the threat of jail has, historically, not worked.

What Portugal showed was that punishing them is actually counterproductive.

Portugal has of, if not the, lowest drug usage and overdose rates in the world.

ah interesting.