Why Do We Continue Drug Prohibition When Harm Minimisation Is a Proven Success?

Published March 15, 2014

Question by Comrade Otto: Why do we continue drug prohibition when harm minimisation is a proven success?
In 2001 in Portugal possession of all drugs was decriminalised. So instead of shipping drug users off to jail to become criminals they were treated as addicts like they should be and the issue is now a health issue.

HIV rates, overdoses, crime, drug use amongst teenagers have all dropped

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=portugal-drug-decriminalization

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Portugals_drug_decriminalization_bizarrely_underappreciated_Greenwald_0406.html

So why do other nations insist on fighting drug wars that cost taxpayers millions, create new criminals in the jail system, clog up the jail system and dont do anything to solve the problems related to drug abuse?
Tell me where exactly I said we should tell high school students theyre good? They would be educated properly. Learn to read

Best answer:

Answer by Waldo Kinetti
Just to pi** you off.

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