{"id":2108189,"date":"2023-11-26T15:31:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-south-american-president-orders-end-to-drug-decriminalization-experiment-a-whole-generation-of-addicted-children\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:35:13","slug":"new-south-american-president-orders-end-to-drug-decriminalization-experiment-a-whole-generation-of-addicted-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-south-american-president-orders-end-to-drug-decriminalization-experiment-a-whole-generation-of-addicted-children\/","title":{"rendered":"New South American President halts drug decriminalization experiment due to &#8216;addicted children"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-south-american-president-orders-end-to-drug-decriminalization-experiment-a-whole-generation-of-addicted-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2108189&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Lesson from Latin America: New South American President Orders End to Drug Decriminalization Experiment<\/h2>\n<p>American \u2064liberals have been receiving some troubling\u2063 news from Latin America recently. Not only did Argentina \u200celect a libertarian supporter of former President Donald Trump as their new president, but another South American leader has also overturned a long-standing policy\u200d that \u200dleftists in the United States have \u2062been \u2064advocating for.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps progressives can take a page from\u2064 their southern neighbors&#8217; book.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Daniel Noboa \u2063was sworn in Thursday as Ecuador\u2019s president, a role that citizens are demanding he uses to restore the public safety that drug cartels and other criminal organizations robbed them of at the decade\u2019s start. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vJcM5hiANs\">https:\/\/t.co\/vJcM5hiANs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsHour\/status\/1727816294467043399?\">November 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Agence France-Presse, Ecuadorean President Daniel \u2064Noboa has reversed the policy of decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs. He believes that this \u200cpolicy encourages drug\u2063 trafficking in schools and contributes to\u2062 a generation \u200bof addicted children.<\/p>\n<p>The policy\u200c applied to personal use of up to 10 grams of marijuana, 2 grams of cocaine paste, 1 gram of cocaine, 0.10 grams of heroin, and 0.04 grams \u2064of\u2064 amphetamine, as reported by the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>The previous president, socialist Rafael Correa, implemented this policy a decade ago, \u200cbut Noboa, who took \u200coffice just a\u2064 day ago, has seen enough of its negative consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Ecuador has experienced a surge in\u200d violence as rival gangs with\u2064 connections to Mexican and Colombian cartels fight for control. \u200dHomicides have quadrupled in recent years, reaching a record high \u2062of 26 per 100,000 inhabitants. The situation is only expected to worsen.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d short, this is a clear example of the law of \u200cunexpected consequences. Well-intentioned\u200d social policy changes based on ideology rather than reality often lead to unpleasant results.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon, for instance, decriminalized the possession of \u200csmall amounts of hard drugs in 2020. However, this move has resulted in increased \u200ddrug use and more\u2063 overdose deaths. Even top Democratic lawmakers who supported the law are now open to revisiting it due to the alarming rise in synthetic opioid deaths.<\/p>\n<p>California and Philadelphia have also faced challenges with their attempts to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-agencies-are-regulating-radically-rapidly\/\" title=\"Biden Agencies Are Regulating Radically, Rapidly\">implement similar policies<\/a>. Left-leaning lawmakers in California were vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom, and Philadelphia&#8217;s Democratic-dominated city council had to pass a ban on\u200c &#8220;safe consumption&#8221; sites.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates of drug legalization argue that users are victims, not criminals, and that punishing small-time \u2063users only exacerbates the problem. However, Ecuador&#8217;s experience over the past decade serves as documented proof that decriminalizing drugs like cocaine and heroin brings more harm than good, especially to vulnerable populations like children.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it\u2062 seems \u200bunlikely that American leftists\u2064 will learn from these real-world\u200c examples and change their stance on drug decriminalization.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>An Urgent Note from Our Staff:<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>The Western \u200dJournal has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-recruits-super-bowl-champ-to-be-official-spokesman-for-covid-booster\/\" title=\"Pfizer hires Super Bowl champ as COVID booster spokesperson.\">labeled \u201cdangerous\u201d simply<\/a>\u200c because\u200d we have a biblical worldview and speak\u2062 the truth\u200d about what is happening in America.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We refuse to let Big Tech and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uncovered-american-tax-dollars-funding-way-more-than-just-weapons-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"American tax dollars funding more than just weapons in Ukraine uncovered.\">woke advertisers dictate<\/a> the content we share with our community. We stand for truth. \u2064We stand \u2063for freedom. \u2063We stand with our readers.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re asking\u2063 you to help us in this fight. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>We \u2062can\u2019t do this without you<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governor-goes-around-voters-backs-signs-change-in-state-election-laws\/\" title=\"Governor sneaks behind voters, enacts new election laws.\">donation directly helps fund<\/a> \u200dour editorial team of\u200d writers and editors.\u200d If you would\u200b rather <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">become a WJ member<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u200c outright, you can\u2064 do that today\u200c as\u2064 well. Your support means we can continue to expose false narratives and \u2062defend traditional American values.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please stand \u200dwith us \u200bby donating today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Thank you for \u2063your support!<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-south-american-president-orders-end-drug-decriminalization-experiment-whole-generation-addicted-children\/\">New South American President Orders End to Drug Decriminalization Experiment: &#8216;A Whole Generation of \u2062Addicted Children&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on \u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u200bJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What negative\u2062 consequences\u2064 has Ecuador experienced due to the decriminalization policy<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title>A Lesson from Latin America: New South American President Orders End to Drug\u2062 Decriminalization Experiment<\/title><\/p>\n<h2>A \u200dLesson from Latin America: New South American President Orders End to Drug Decriminalization Experiment<\/h2>\n<p>American liberals have \u2064been receiving some troubling news from Latin America recently. Not \u2064only did Argentina elect a libertarian supporter of former \u200cPresident Donald Trump as their new\u2062 president, but another South American leader has also overturned a long-standing policy that\u2064 leftists in the United States have been \u2064advocating for.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps progressives can take a \u2064page from their southern neighbors&#8217; book.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Daniel Noboa \u200cwas sworn in Thursday as Ecuador\u2019s president, a role that citizens are demanding\u200c he \u200duses to\u200b restore the public safety that drug cartels and other criminal organizations robbed them of at\u200d the decade\u2019s start. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vJcM5hiANs\">https:\/\/t.co\/vJcM5hiANs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsHour\/status\/1727816294467043399?\">November 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Agence France-Presse, Ecuadorean\u2062 President Daniel Noboa has reversed the policy\u2062 of decriminalizing\u2064 the possession of small amounts of drugs. He believes that this policy encourages drug trafficking\u2062 in schools\u2062 and contributes to a generation of addicted children.<\/p>\n<p>The policy applied \u2062to personal \u200cuse of up to 10 grams of\u2064 marijuana, 2\u2062 grams of cocaine paste, 1 gram of cocaine, 0.10\u2063 grams of heroin, \u2063and 0.04 grams of amphetamine,\u200d as\u200d reported by the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dprevious president, socialist Rafael\u200b Correa, implemented this \u200bpolicy a decade ago, but Noboa,\u2062 who took office just a day ago, \u200dhas \u200dseen enough of its negative\u2064 consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Ecuador has\u200c experienced a surge in violence as rival gangs with connections to Mexican and Colombian cartels fight for control. Homicides have quadrupled in recent years,\u200d reaching a \u2063record high of 26 per 100,000 inhabitants. The \u200csituation is\u200b only expected to\u200c worsen.<\/p>\n<p>In short,\u2064 this is a clear example\u200d of the law of unexpected consequences. Well-intentioned social policy changes based on\u2062 ideology\u2062 rather than reality often lead to unpleasant results.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon, \u2062for instance, decriminalized the possession of small amounts of hard drugs in 2020. \u200cHowever, this move has resulted in increased drug \u200cuse and more overdose deaths. Even top Democratic lawmakers \u2062who supported the law are \u200dnow \u2064open to revisiting it due\u2062 to the alarming rise in synthetic opioid deaths.<\/p>\n<p>California and Philadelphia have also faced challenges with their attempts to implement similar policies. Left-leaning lawmakers \u2062in\u2063 California were vetoed\u2064 by Governor Gavin Newsom, and Philadelphia&#8217;s\u200b Democratic-dominated city council had to pass a ban on &#8220;safe consumption&#8221; sites.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates of \u200cdrug legalization argue that users are \u200bvictims, not criminals,\u2062 and \u200bthat \u2063punishing small-time users only exacerbates the\u2063 problem. However, Ecuador&#8217;s experience over the past decade serves as documented proof that decriminalizing drugs like cocaine and heroin brings more harm than good, especially to vulnerable populations like children.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it\u200b seems unlikely \u200cthat \u2062American leftists will\u200b learn \u200bfrom these real-world \u2063examples and change their stance on drug decriminalization.<\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American liberals have received recent unfavorable updates from Latin America. 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