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Comment by _heimdall

3 years ago

There are legal avenues to buy food though. My confusion is just that its illegal to sell but legal to own, it seems that still makes it functionally illegal to own since you shouldn't be able to buy it anywhere

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Fischgericht  3 years ago

This is indeed a logic problem that exists in many countries that have partial legislation.

But it still helps. It removes the stigma, but most importantly: In many countries going after substance users is a low-hanging fruit to police. Instead of solving real crimes if you raid a club you can arrest a lot of "criminals", improving your statistics.

In the "war on drugs", in 99% police is going after the users, not the dealers, because the latter are far harder to catch.