Those voting in favour of a softening of drug laws have an “ideological agenda” and have voted in reform as part of a “deliberate” effort to reinforce it, a commentator has claimed.
US radio host Jason Rantz joined Patrick Christys on GB News America to reflect on the controversial decision in Oregon to clamp down on drugs in a radical manner.
Instead of toughening punishments, funding has instead been focused on rehabilitation efforts.
Rantz told GB News the policy has been a failure and hit out at “deliberate” efforts to impose it.
Jason Rantz hit out at the decision to impose new drug laws
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“I think it was deliberate in the sense that they have an ideological agenda and they believe that this is going to work”, he said.
“I I think there's a small group of people who do have nefarious intent.
Joe Biden is under pressure to tackle the issueReuters“They like to see chaos. I just refuse to believe that there are enough people out there who are in positions of power that are willing to cause this chaos on purpose.
“Because if that's the reality, then I'm terrified of living in this country and I'm terrified of our leaders.
“So I have to at least tell myself, maybe I'm the one who's delusional, but I have to tell myself that that's not their intent.”
While leaders like Joe Biden aren’t overseeing a “deliberate” drug agenda, the US president can be criticised for “not doing enough”, Rantz said.
“President Biden hasn’t down enough to stop it”, he said.
“I wouldn’t say he has emboldened it. Early on, when he started running he was dancing with the defund movement.
“He has pushed back against that but not loud enough. He isn’t doing anything in the party to push aside these radical voices who have been pushing these policies and amplifying the talking points.
“Unless he is going to lead there, he isn’t doing enough.”
Oregon led the US with a first-in-the-nation law that decriminalised the possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs.
The state is instead emphasising efforts on addiction treatment after the law was approved by 58 per cent of Oregon voters three years ago.