Portugal and Spain: If one were caught with 900 USD worth of
heroin, the police would confiscate the heroin, and the individual would be
sent to a rehabilitation facility. Since all drugs were decriminalised,
conditions at rehab facilities have improved to such a degree that a person who
is addicted could go to a facility with acupuncture, massage, and tennis courts
for FREE. Since the government made an active choice to stop treating substance
abuse as a criminal offense but as a health problem, drug addiction has fallen
by 41%. Approximately half of existing addicts got clean.
The United States of America: If one has abnormally large
pupils, shows any signs of being nervous whilst being interrogated by a police
officer, and has sweaty palms, that individual is liable to spend eight hours
in jail, under suspicion of methamphetamine use. He or she is legally obligated
to take a drug test, and there would be a court date appointed that would not
be dropped until the results from the blood test came back.
My father lived in the Soviet Union. He believed, for the
longest time, that he lived in the greatest country on Earth. We can learn from
stories like that.
The United Nations will discuss the issue of the ‘War on
Drugs’ at their next meeting. Will America posture itself as the “exceptional”
nation as usual? Or will we humble ourselves and live up to the ideal of a Free
country?
The choice, one should hope, is ours.
Dm.A.A.
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