Again there is no need to legalize anything to do harm reduction, as demonstrate...

turbo_fart · on June 30, 2023

I love in Portugal. They still need to legalize and regulate drugs because there are plenty of street dealers and junkies. Stop using Portugal as some amazing fix. It isn't

hutzlibu · on June 30, 2023

As far as I know, Portugal has a pretty strong hard drug problem and they also have lots of drug smuggle.

(But not necessarily more than other countries).

So I see a need to do further harm reduction.

throw_m239339 · on June 30, 2023

> So I see a need to do further harm reduction.

Harm reduction is a series of publicly funded social and rehabilitation/substitution programs that has absolutely nothing to do with legalizing any sort of drugs. Legalization is an entire different question, just don't try to make "harm reduction" yet another buzzword for legalization.

hutzlibu · on June 30, 2023

So you don't debate that there are junkies?

Currently junkies need the dealers to get their supplies. So they have to support crime, to meet their needs. And they get bad quality with usually extra poisenous additives. Legalizing would immmediately reduce or remove those 2 harms.

But I agree that we should not stop there, but rather help them stop being junkies at all, with various help programms. I just happen to think it is easier to reach people in legal ways, than criminalize them. But you seem to disagree here?

vhlhvjcov · on June 30, 2023

Could you consider harm reduction in a more holistic sense?

Harm from drugs in the current system goes well beyond the individual user.