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SOCIETAL ROT, Part 5: Allowing Open-Air Drug Markets Is Neither Commonsensical Nor Compassionate

Cully Stimson • May 17, 2024

Fifth in a five-part series. Read part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, and part 4 here.

Societal rot is a choice.

Is it compassionate to let users of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, xylazine (aka “tranq”), or fentanyl waste away on the streets of America’s cities?

No.

Does it make sense to reverse commonsense laws that made it a felony to possess hard drugs and instead make possession a misdemeanor that rarely gets prosecuted?

No.

Is it smart public policy to pass laws that eliminate the incentive for drug addicts to get the services they need in successful drug courts?

No.

But that’s exactly what has been happening in many American cities and states.

And the results are devastating.

Zombies. Dead people. Filth.

Societal rot is a choice.

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Charles "Cully" Stimson is acting director of the Institute for Constitutional Government, senior legal fellow, and manager of the National Security Law Program at The Heritage Foundation. Read his research.

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