Minnesota Democrats passed drug legalization yet no stores can sell it in almost 27 months. Guess this is their stop gap solution
The stop gap solution for the past few years has also been to empower addicts to keep drugging up until they eventually OD in the streets and die. Harm reduction mixing with social justice has produced disastrous results, hence all the recent backtracking on so-called progressive policies.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/oregon-british-columbia-portugal-drug-decriminalizationQuote
The lessons here are straightforward. Portugal’s decriminalization worked initially because it did not remove consequences for drug users. It imposed a robust system of non-criminal sanctions to control addicts’ behavior and coerce them into well-funded, highly accessible treatment facilities. Done right, decriminalization should result in the normalization of rehabilitation—not of drug use. North American policymakers, on the other hand, never understood the story to begin with.
This post was edited by Jupe on Aug 26 2025 07:08am