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   On 13 Nov 2021, AlleyCat  posted some   
   news:smp6n0$v23$4@news.dns-netz.com:   
      
   > Tucker Carlsberg wrote   
   >   
   >> All drug addicts should be given enough drugs to kill themselves.  No   
   >> drug addicts, no market.   
      
   A George Soros-funded charity is the architect behind a Democratic bill to   
   decriminalize hard drugs across the United States — despite overdose   
   deaths notching record highs during the COVID-19 pandemic.   
      
   Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and 18 Democrats have continued touting   
   legislation they put forth in 2021 called the Drug Policy Reform Act,   
   which would eliminate federal criminal penalties for possession of drugs   
   like heroin and cocaine, and expunge convict records. Behind this sweeping   
   proposal is the Drug Policy Alliance, a Soros-linked nonprofit group that   
   released a similar model bill and helped introduce the Democratic-led   
   measure, according to records reviewed by the Washington Examiner.   
      
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   "The War on Drugs has devastated communities and destroyed families,"   
   Watson Coleman tweeted on April 20. "My Drug Policy Reform Act, which I   
   introduced with @RepCori, would put an end to the War on Drugs and   
   approach drug abuse as a Public Health issue not a criminal issue.   
   #420day."   
      
   Over 100,000 U.S. citizens died from drug overdoses between May 2020 and   
   April 2021, the most ever in a single year, according to the Centers for   
   Disease Control and Prevention. Fatal drug overdoses rose by 30% in 2020,   
   which saw a staggering 93,000 people pass away due to opioids, the CDC   
   said in July 2021.   
      
   In June 2021, just one month before the CDC's announcement, the Drug   
   Policy Reform Act became official. Its co-sponsors include Reps. Cori Bush   
   (D-MO), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib   
   (D-MI), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA).   
      
   Drug Policy Alliance policy manager Queen Adesuyi was quoted in a   
   government press release hailing the act as "a chance to reimagine what   
   the next 50 years can be," which cited a poll released by the alliance and   
   the American Civil Liberties Union finding that 83% of Americans think the   
   "War on Drugs" has failed.   
      
   Drug Policy Alliance and its advocacy arm, Drug Policy Action, have played   
   a critical role in shaping marijuana legalization and decriminalization   
   laws in Democratic-run states that have seen substance abuse rates   
   skyrocket in recent years, the Washington Examiner reported. The Open   
   Society Foundations, a liberal grantmaking network led by Soros that has   
   worked on drug policy reform for the last three decades, gave at least   
   $2.8 million to the alliance and Drug Policy Action between 2016 and 2020,   
   grant records show.   
      
   The alliance also teamed up with House Democrats in connection to the Drug   
   Policy Reform Act, "working in partnership with Reps. Coleman and Bush to   
   provide expertise and counsel in drafting" the measure, according to its   
   website.   
      
   Drug Policy Alliance lobbied in 2021 for several provisions in the bill,   
   according to lobbying disclosures reviewed by the Washington Examiner that   
   total over $175,000. And in August 2022, roughly one year before House   
   Democrats introduced their legislation, the alliance released "a   
   comprehensive drug decriminalization framework" that was dubbed the "Drug   
   Policy Reform Act," documents show.   
      
   The model bill, which includes much of the same language as the government   
   bill text, also called for abolishing the Drug Enforcement Administration   
   and other "enforcement agencies" that regulate controlled substances.   
      
   "With nearly 110,000 Americans dead from overdoses last year and countless   
   other lives shattered in their loss, the most outlandish and negligent   
   prescription to this crisis is decriminalization," Rep. Greg Murphy (R-   
   NC), a doctor who sits on the Ways and Means Committee's subcommittee on   
   health, told the Washington Examiner. "It is absolutely incredulous that   
   members of Congress would have such an idea."   
      
   "Do these members not realize that more Americans will die?" Murphy asked.   
   "If we want to see meaningful change, we must address mental health,   
      
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