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		chmod600 on Dec 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public d... When it comes to dangerous drugs, nothing "works". We have to choose the least-bad policies. A lot of people, including me, thought the war on drugs was pretty much the worst policy position. Now I'm seeing that there are (perhaps) worse policies. We need to be quantitative and nuanced, not speak in sweeping characterizations.

czbond on Dec 12, 2023 | [–]

To paraphrase an unknown Marine drill Sergeant: "Everyone either needs the carrot or the stick, it's my job to figure out which".

Kim_Bruning on Dec 12, 2023 | [–]

Right. The reason the prohibition failed was because it was not very nuanced. Whatever is done needs to be done in a controlled, nuanced way.

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