After the game of some time ago, the dust of this year's US presidential election has basically settled so far,
However, shortly after the election, several states in the United States took advantage of the limelight to start a new pattern that shocked the world:
In this era of taking drug control as a major task, Oregon has passed two bills to legalize drugs, including "hard drugs" such as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine!
Then Washington, South Dakota, Montana and Mississippi followed suit, passing laws allowing marijuana use for recreational purposes!
So far, there are only 15 states in the United States, which is composed of 50 states. They are still insisting that holding marijuana is illegal!
Oregon's two bills that "condone" people's legal use of drugs are referendum bills 109 and 110, respectively,
On November 4, more than 2 million local people voted on bill 109, which allows people to legally hold psilocybin, the active ingredient of "hallucinogenic mushrooms",
Finally, with the support of more than 55% of the people, the bill was successfully passed and implemented!
Then that night, Oregon passed referendum No. 110 by 59% to 41%,
The passage of this bill has made the local state the first state in the United States to legalize "hard drugs" such as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine,
Since then, drug abuse will no longer be a crime in Oregon, but drug production, drug trafficking and driving after taking drugs are still criminal offences!
According to the regulations in act 110, if people hold less than 1 gram of heroin or ecstasy, less than 2 grams of cocaine or methamphetamine, less than 12 grams of naked mushroom, less than 40 doses of hallucinogens, oxycodone or methadone,
Then it will no longer be regarded as a criminal act, but will be fined $100 (about 658 yuan).
If the drug addict is in the evaluation stage of rehab, he can be exempted from the $100 fine!
In fact, before that, Oregon was one of the first states in the United States to legalize the use of marijuana, and voted to pass the recreational use of marijuana act in 2014,
This has brought a lot of marijuana tax to the local area. In the last financial year alone, it has accumulated an income of 133 million US dollars (equivalent to about 889 million yuan)!
It is also stated in bill 110 that Oregon will use the income to provide drug treatment services for drug addicts,
It also shows that this will transform local drug policy from "punitive and criminal" to "humane, cost-effective and healthy":
”Compared with criminal punishment, health care services can treat addicts more effectively,
This is a medical initiative to determine the needs of addicts through health assessment and connect them with the services they need! “
In order to show their support for such bills, the media even introduced the remarks of Jake Arthur, a former prisoner who had been jailed for drug abuse, to test this theory:
”In American prisons, drugs are more prevalent than in the outside world!
Some inmates I knew inside didn't even know how to cook methamphetamine, but they were arrested and jailed for possessing a small amount of methamphetamine.
Bringing them in will only worsen drug addiction, and Oregon's legalization of drugs can break this vicious circle! “
But we should know that under the COVID-19, the abuse of drugs in the United States has not been reduced.
According to the data collected by the Wall Street Journal, the number of drug abuse deaths reported across the United States is rising this year,
Last year alone, 72000 people in the United States died of drug overdose!
According to the federal government of the United States, the number of local drug abuse deaths this year will exceed last year's total and set a new historical record!
Even experts from Oregon rehabilitation center said that the lobbying activities of referendum bills 109 and 110 misled the local people,
Moreover, it weakens the preventive measures against drug abuse among young people, thus laying a great hidden danger for young people's drug addiction and even illegal drug trafficking!
Therefore, after the two bills were passed, many netizens expressed strong opposition,
Some also took the example of relatives and friends around them to popularize the terrible harmfulness of a wave of drugs to show their dissatisfaction with it——
"Oregon actually passed act 110 to legalize heroin, which is the drug that killed my cousin!
At the beginning, he only injected a 'personal use' dose, but he still left the world... "
"Legalize all drugs? Are you sure it's not teasing me?
So you oregons don't care about people who walk around with heroin and syringes all day? The needles they throw away after use are likely to make some children addicted to drugs!
Sorry, I can't accept this crazy Bill... "
"Oregon has legalized all drugs for personal use!
In other words, you can get any cocaine and methamphetamine you want there now, as long as they are for personal use!
This is crazy, and this bill seems to pose a great threat to public health... "
"Well... Oregon legalized heroin, cocaine and psychedelic drugs,
Even as a defense lawyer, I will not support this bill! "
"Every state can legalize drugs, but it doesn't really help normal homeless people!"
However, in this case, it is obvious that many netizens expressed their support for the passage of the two bills——
"Let's be clear, Oregon is not legalizing heroin and other drugs, but decriminalizing them!
Many addicts are in the process of rehabilitation treatment. We should pay more attention to drug addiction itself, rather than just trying to put them in prison! "
"Oregon is plagued by the proliferation of methamphetamine and heroin. A large number of homeless people are homeless because of drug addiction!
Portugal has experienced a similar situation. Later, the legalization of drugs has helped them a lot. I hope it will have the same good effect in Oregon. "
"Portugal legalized all drugs, and then the total number of local drug use decreased!
Then let me ask you another question——
Now that Oregon has legalized drugs, won't you move there to live in order to take heroin? "
"Although this bill looks crazy, I think Oregon's move is a great reform!
After all, what addicts need is to go to rehab, not to be put in prison... "
This can not help but remind people of such a sentence once said by a netizen, which is even more thought-provoking:
”Legalize it if it can't be managed. Is it escape or innovation? “