I am all for individual rights but as long as there are financial social safety nets, I do not suggest we decriminalize drugs. Watched with utter heartbreak what the use of drugs did to two of my brothers. And others. I know, you cannot force restrictions on others just because of the "few". (or is it only a "few). Get rid of the nets and you may see a drop in use as it will show what will become of people who hit the gutter. . If people want to use drugs, fine...but do NOT make me pay for their rehabilitation.
If the % fall into dereliction what do we do with them? If they want their "rights" should the rest of us be responsible? Who services the ones that become addicted and can no longer earn $ to pay what they now MUST have? Will this new environment of addiction then lead to a human right for humanitarian compassion?
God, how I hate "recreational" drugs!

The beautiful world advertised by the communist party, is as obvious, to any thinking person, as the Democratic Republic of North Korea.

The Communist Party USA has been working through the Democrat Party for over 100 years. And they are succeeding.

It absolute will stop the destruction of value. We already have drugged citizens dependent on gov't. We're trying stop that. I think it's hard to quantify how much value would be created if gov't got out of these areas. I suspect it would be staggering.

Remember when Khrushchev promised to bury us?

Technically yes except those that won't create value anyway...but it's Interesting, the left is going to have to work on that bigotry but in return they'll get drugged citizens that will depend on them...even trade? not sure.

"the value creator/producer looses!"
You mean from communism, right? Actually I think everyone loses.
As for moderate positions of rejecting bigotry, reducing prison population, decriminalizing drugs, I'm for those things.

Moderate or not...the value creator/producer looses!

I don't get it. The entire article is about the Communist Party. They quote mostly moderate non-shocking positions of the CP: reject hate, bigotry, criminal justice reform, reduce prison population, decriminalize marijuana. He says they don't sing the Internationale anymore, although I have heard them singing it on the Square, so I know some of them do. At any rate, the article has almost nothing to do with the Democratic Party. It should be titled "CP Puts on a Moderate Face".