Prohibition is a complete and inherent failure creating a planet full of prisons, violence, and death instead of freedom, health, and happiness.
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We decriminalized drugs in some states here in the U.S.
I even voted for it under the understanding that rehab programs were part of the packaged deal.
They weren't.
My city's streets rapidly became very dangerous from the influx of users, with a sharp spike in violent crimes and theft. Some of the parks in my town also became danger zones and needle-hazards, which my family and I had to start avoiding.
We re-criminalized them, and it has slowly been returning to how it used to be. I don't think it'll ever go back all the way, but there is a noticable difference in quality of life here, and I think I learned my lesson.
It's almost like when someone completely guts a project in order to intentionally make it fail, the project is likely to fail.
For comparison, take a look at the Netherlands, who implemented the idea successfully.
You talking about Oregon? The state legislature torpedoed the whole thing from the start and set it up for failure and as a lifelong resident, haven't noticed any uptick in the homelessness or drug issue since 2021 when the law was implemented. We had these problems of 'visible' homeless and drug use leading all the way back to the '08 recession and prior to that had meth cooks scattered all over in the boonies and everyone under 30 popping opioid pills in one form or another.
Now, I'm not saying China are the good guys or anything, god no, but, if I wanted to stop a rouge intelligence agency from selling herion to fund secret, illegal wars around the world id invent fentanyl.