Well we made possession of heroin, meth and cocaine

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46. My understanding is that there are many non-problematic coke and heroin users.

Not everyone succumbs to addiction. Similarly to how many of us can drink alcohol socially and not become alcoholics, yet for others, alcoholism comes quickly after starting to drink.

I'm not saying I agree wholeheartedly with the measure, because I don't know the details. Even though many people can handle even coke and heroin, I consider them highly dangerous and would want to know the details. But I probably would have voted for it as the lesser of evils.

The total cost of crimes committed by druggies not intercepted, will probably be less than the total cost of the former system of locking so many people up (including the relatively harmless) and ruining their lives completely. The total cost in ruined lives is probably less, too. But yes, some will be hurt that might have been "protected" by being caught and locked up sooner. It's a tradeoff. I'll take the side where less people get locked up.