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Daniel Greenfield just how awful the left’s “help” really is
Last year, Squad members and leftist Democrats introduced the Drug Policy Reform Act which would decriminalize drugs at a federal level. The Act falsely claims that the drug war led to “the deaths of countless black and brown people”.
Rep. Cori Bush contended that ending “criminal penalties for drug possession at the federal level” would help “repair harm in black and brown communities”.
But even without a federal law, drug decriminalization has swept the country.
While 38 states decriminalized marijuana, that’s just the first step. Oregon decriminalized heroin and cocaine even though the state has the second-highest substance abuse rate. Last year, drug overdose deaths in the state rose 41% compared to 16%nationwide.
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