• Rediphile@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    The way Korea vilifies recreational drug use is completely absurd and likely led to this.

    I love traveling in Korea (and Japan), but have a hard time convincing myself to go back to a place with such fundamentally unethical policies in place.

      • Rediphile@lemmy.ca
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        9 months ago

        The only drug specifically mentioned in the article is cannabis lol. As such, no not Portuguese, but I am from somewhere much more progressive than Portugal when it comes to cannabis regulations. Can a random tourist even go buy a joint legally from a store in Portugal yet? If any adult can’t go buy it from a store legally without any further justification, then it isn’t actually legal.

        • library_napper@monyet.cc
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          9 months ago

          Selling isn’t legal in Portugal but all (nondistribution) drug use has been decriminalized

          Decriminalization has serious issues for safe medicines like cannabis, but I prefer it to legalization for opiates personally

          • 5in1k@lemm.ee
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            9 months ago

            I’m in Michigan in the US. We are not under prohibition anymore

            • library_napper@monyet.cc
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              9 months ago

              Unfortunately the only countries who have ended prohibition are Canada and Uruguay.

              In Michigan you can legally get tortured (solitary confinement) by the (federal) government for merely possessing small amounts of cannabis.