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Originally Posted by Damien
I know they're are some discussions about this in the US as well. They've had the infamous 'war on drugs' which people are increasingly accepting has been a disaster of a policy. Greatly increased prison rates for relatively minor offences because they're drug related, mandatory minimums which also increased rates but primary in poorer ethnic communities, and all at a massive expense.
It's achieved nothing other than being an expensive way to ruin lives - quite like the drugs themselves.
I am not sure if the same lessons apply here though. We've been a bit more pragmatic than that. Legalising it would send a message that these substances are ok which wouldn't help but maybe we need to quietly tone down the effort spent on minor drug taking for personal use.
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Two US states actually legalised the recreational use of cannabis last month - Washington and Colorado.
Of course, it still remains a federal crime, so the DEA and Justice Department could quite easily stomp all over people, despite it being legal under state law...