In Amsterdam, they had an epidemic of heroin ODs in the 70s. They decriminalized usage, forced druggies into rehab, and if you failed rehab enough times you get free medical-grade heroin supplied by The State. Drug-related crime and ODs have dropped to almost zero.
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Replying to @3Sentinel4 @joemartin84 and
Are you really this misinformed?
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Replying to @the_watcher @3Sentinel4 and
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - On a quiet alley in east Amsterdam, a security guard stands watch outside a brick office building, which 75 men and women visit twice a day to smoke or shoot up government-funded heroin.
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Public-health experts in the Netherlands say free distribution is one reason that drug-related deaths are far less common than in the United States. The program also has reduced crime and improved the quality of life for many users, according to Ellen van den Hoogen, who runs it.
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Replying to @the_watcher @joemartin84 and
They don't allow importation, production or drug dealing.pic.twitter.com/4ztJNd1TqT
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So do they have more or less severe drug laws than the United States?
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On drug dealing, production and importation about the same.
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