Gods no the last thing we need is an actual Bureau of Happiness
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Something were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread something something
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Replying to @legalinspire @sonyaellenmann
if you want to argue against bad regulations or over-regulation than argue against that. I don't see why we should have a grey-market for things that ought to be legal though.
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Replying to @danlistensto @sonyaellenmann
Decriminialization turns them into white markets. Which is very ironic phrasing when it comes to both of the examples under discussion, I must say.
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Replying to @legalinspire @sonyaellenmann
a white market would be taxed and regulated, no? decrim is a gray market. technically illegal, but unenforced so done relatively in the open (to whatever the boundaries set by police are).
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but again, what is the argument in favor of decrim instead of legalization? that the regulations for full legalization might be bad? that's a poor argument in my opinion. just raw pessimism.
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In the case of commercial sex, "legalization" refers to laws and regulations permitting it; decriminalization, the absence of laws banning it. Latter case preferable (imo) given likely forms of US legalization
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is this different than the way the terminology is used w.r.t drug policy? I've never seen it used the way you're describing. Decrim means "still technically illegal, and subject to change at a whim, but for now the police ignore it"
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Replying to @danlistensto @eigenrobot and
I have to say Dan's understanding is closer to my own. e.g. MJ decriminalization does not mean McWeed is legal.
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Replying to @AlexGodofsky @danlistensto and
Interesting, the meaning of decriminalization that I've encountered is "it's not criminal anymore" so basically the explanation eigenrobot gave
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one of the canonical historical examples is the decriminalization of drugs in Portugal beginning in 2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Portugal … that is consistent with how I've seen the term used everywhere else. I'm actually really surprised that you've encountered a different usage.
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