Portugal once had the highest drug-usage rates in Europe. A few years ago (2007 I believe) they not only decriminalized but legalized all drugs. Portugal now has the lowest drug usage rate in Europe, and it continues to drop. So it's not true that decriminalizing substances automatically increases demand.
"Porforis" wrote:
I never said that decriminalizing substances automatically increases demand, I'm saying that increasing the level of enforcement and penalties for using said substances reduces demand.
That's not even taking into consideration your argument is based on the presupposition that marijuana usage is somehow a bad thing.
"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:
I never suggested that either. I DID suggest that chronic marijuana usage was a bad thing. It only becomes a problem if you become chemically or psychologically dependent on it or otherwise interferes with your life/the lives of other people.
If anything, I'd expect you to question my assumption that decriminalization would increase chronic usage, which I'm questioning myself about.
"Nonstopdrivel" wrote: