I Investigated the Country that Legalized All Drugs...

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  @VincentCastaneda96 · 2 years ago

  “When you’re dealing with a drug crisis, it’s not a drug crisis it’s a people crisis.” This is why America fails to address this issue.

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  @Sonic-gy7kq · 2 years ago (edited)

  Portugal spent two decades PREPARING to decriminalize/legalize all drugs by researching and investing in rehabilitation services. Not the for-profit rehabs we have in America, which are incentivized to keep you coming back... Portugal is also tiny compared to US as a whole. edit: You cannot treat drug addiction without treating trauma at the same time, or it will not work. Research shows this.

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  @HeavyDave997 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Almost like decriminalization of drugs doesn&apos;t work if you dont have a system with affordable healthcare, rehab and social programs that helps you turn your life around.<br><br>Edit: <br>Reading some of y&apos;all comments makes me lose faith in humanity, America&apos;s problem with poverty, homelessness and drugs isn&apos;t the illness but it&apos;s the symptoms of a failing society. It&apos;s the symptoms of a society that kicks its people while they are already down, it&apos;s the symptoms of an education system where luck and family money is prioritized over hard work and potential. It&apos;s a symptom of a healthcare system where money is above saving lives, and where most working class people can&apos;t afford therapy or rehab (which they need after the hospital got them hooked on opioids). It&apos;s the symptoms of a society where most people don&apos;t care about each other&apos;s wellbeing out of sight, out of mind. Where your taxes are used to make the 1% richer, how can so many of you say you&apos;re patriots when you don&apos;t give a fuck about what&apos;s going on outside your little lake. <br><br>This isn&apos;t an age, race, sex, sexuality or political ideology problem, this is purely a problem between the people vs the elite and it won&apos;t change until the &nbsp;American people wake up and stop fighting Internally.

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  @Project.X7 · 3 months ago

  The crazy thing is, you &nbsp;an walk down a street in america with hundreds of ppl lying on the floor and several of them could already be dead

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  @csaplarsoma · 2 years ago

  Small thing you failed to mention: it is actually illegal to sleep on the streets of Holland. If police find you, they will immediately take you to a shelter.

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  @Jdb74985 · 2 years ago

  That lady said it perfectly : they weren&apos;t trying to help them, they were enabling them

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  @glazednconfused4642 · 2 years ago

  The sanitation worker at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OYLoPvLzPo&amp;t=360">6:00</a> is a true man. Out in the rain working, helping clean the streets, probably being a street therapist of sorts. What a good man.

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  @joscrase9564 · 2 months ago

  I’m glad that guy pointed out that the pharmaceutical industry is the biggest drug dealer. In the uk, driving under the influence of heroin is a crime (rightly so). But prescription morphine just has a note on it that says don’t drive if it makes you feel drowsy

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  @fjeinca · 2 years ago

  I liked the healthcare man who said, “It’s not a drug problem, it’s a people problem.” Thanks for this video. It shows that there are a lot of caring humans making a difference for others. There’s no magic-bullet solution for any epidemic.

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  @karlylove9791 · 2 years ago

  As soon as the man said “it works because their are no profits to go after” I knew the possibility of it working in America was zero. NOTHING gets off the ground here unless someone can make money off of it.

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  @cian69 · 2 years ago

  Societal Standards in Portugal are maintained. Using drugs is legalised, using drugs in public places, around children, whilst working etc is not acceptable. It’s no different than having alcohol legal but people still have societal expectations of when it’s appropriate. Legalising shouldn’t mean a free for all for people to do whatever they choose.

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  @boosted_spirit · 1 month ago

  &quot;tried to kick me like some lil soccer player&quot;<br><br>Fuckin roasted his ass

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