Great that we’ve established you’re not Portuguese, so you are likely talking about the societal structure of a country you haven't visited.
I have no idea who thinks private security is a rarity in Europe. They exist in every European country I can remember.
Seriously perhaps try and be more sceptical of mass media.
Cocaine and ketamine measurements being “among the highest in Europe” continues to make my point. They are not the highest or 2x or 3x higher, which is what a lot of naysayers said would happen. They’re just high but within European levels. Nothing exceptional.
The difference being that Portugal has never engaged in mass incarceration of drug users, or the construction of a police apparatus that would cost 10x the cost of the current program to run so they could chase after drug addicts. Other countries did. And what do they have to show for it? Nothing. Same usage levels as Portugal, which again all naysayers said was on its way to becoming a new Sodom.
Turns out criminalisation makes virtually no difference in usage. The implications of this are more interesting than most comments here about it.
I have no idea who thinks private security is a rarity in Europe. They exist in every European country I can remember.
Seriously perhaps try and be more sceptical of mass media.
Cocaine and ketamine measurements being “among the highest in Europe” continues to make my point. They are not the highest or 2x or 3x higher, which is what a lot of naysayers said would happen. They’re just high but within European levels. Nothing exceptional.
The difference being that Portugal has never engaged in mass incarceration of drug users, or the construction of a police apparatus that would cost 10x the cost of the current program to run so they could chase after drug addicts. Other countries did. And what do they have to show for it? Nothing. Same usage levels as Portugal, which again all naysayers said was on its way to becoming a new Sodom.
Turns out criminalisation makes virtually no difference in usage. The implications of this are more interesting than most comments here about it.