Decriminalisation of personal use of drugs isn't the same as doctors openly prescribing strong opiates.
Decriminalisation is a sensible evidence based policy. I can dig up the stats on Portugal for you if you want. They've had the same policy since 2001. One of the lowest OD rates in the world.
The war on drugs is a failure. The drugs won.
I replied but it didnt go through. Sorry if duplicate.
Wherever you heard this from is very wrong. We actually have too many dispensaries here. So many that many are closing. Legal cannabis is literally everywhere. Only illegal dispensaries I see now are on native reserves.
https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/09/one-third-toronto-cannabis-stores-close-within-next-year/
While I think lower OD is great, I dont want to be in society with people using those hard drugs. I wouldn’t want my family near anyone using hard drugs.
Did you know that before WWII cocaine and heroin were sold over the counter in every pharmacy? It didn't cause any problems until it was made illegal.
There's a really good book about this called Drug Wars by Neil Woods. He used to be a drug cop. Came out the other end like "all these problems are caused by government policy."
