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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Sun Jan 7, 2018, 01:38 AM Jan 2018

"Drugs"...this idiot is high on junk food

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"Drugs"...this idiot is high on junk food (Original Post) SHRED Jan 2018 OP

He needs to look at how Portugal Phoenix61 Jan 2018 #1

They are a model country on what works SHRED Jan 2018 #2

Yes they are Phoenix61 Jan 2018 #3

Phoenix61

(17,027 posts)

1. He needs to look at how Portugal

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Sun Jan 7, 2018, 02:24 AM

Jan 2018

handled their drug problem. Proof that intervention works better than criminalization.

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

2. They are a model country on what works

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Sun Jan 7, 2018, 02:27 AM

Jan 2018

Phoenix61

(17,027 posts)

3. Yes they are

Reply to SHRED (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 02:31 AM

Jan 2018

There was a lot of conflict about going the way they went but the stats prove it works. They have much lower rates of drug abuse than surrounding countries. Go figure, if you give people a way to have a healthy, happy life they will take it.

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