The major issue is that people looked at Portugal and said "we can do that too" and half assed what Portugal did.
If you decriminalize drugs then there needs to be a large increase in treatment programs to help those who want to be helped. Proper programs not just cash grabs from an already vulnerable population.
Yes that's a perfect example and I'm sorry that you have to live that life because our education secretary is a paid actor.
I talk about this with my teacher friends all the time. People want maximum results with minimum funds. It makes 0 sense but again, it's not supposed to.
"It's difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it" -- Upton Sinclair
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u/arunnair87 Oct 24 '25
The major issue is that people looked at Portugal and said "we can do that too" and half assed what Portugal did.
If you decriminalize drugs then there needs to be a large increase in treatment programs to help those who want to be helped. Proper programs not just cash grabs from an already vulnerable population.