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While I am a stern believer in criminal justice reform, we should be like China, absolutely no crime is tolerated, and addictive drugs, excluding marijuana, should be banned. This only happens if the police are controlled by the people, not the billionaire class.
If the revolution doesnt come with ending the drug war, what was the point?
This is a good example where context matters. China's policy comes in part out of the Century of Humiliation and manipulation through Opium. In the US, the "war on drugs" was used in part to target black revolutionaries, along with mass incarcerating minorities in general. So any new state in the Turtle Island region that said "we're going to be socialist but still be repressive about drugs" would be justifiably concerning.
That said, I don't know how all China handles it in the particulars, but I believe there has been at least one country in the world where they tried decriminalizing drugs (not to be confused with legalizing the sale of) and creating programs to help people rehabilitate, and that seems like a sensible path forward for a place with history like the US.
Portugal
Ah, thank you!