Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work?

I recalled Taiwan’s celebrities who was sent to jail for using illegal drugs. When they were caught by the police, they cried in front of cameras saying that they won’t take drugs again and pleading the public to give them one more chance. It seemed that they were poor and they would repent. They made mistake again however.
I couldn’t help but doubt that if we decriminalize drugs, will the number of drug addicts decline. That solution worked out in Portugal. But it may come out differently in another country, because we have different culture and policy and so on. But the policy is good in certain aspect. It gives those who really try to pull themselves together one more chance. Maybe we could revise our drug laws based on the thought. After all there is still someone who is kind but makes a mistake not on purpose.
It will be good that we could reduce drug use numbers. Our government should be like Portugal’s. It doesn’t mean that we should decriminalize drugs and use the same policy. It means that we should try to make our drug laws better and better. To figure out what will be the most suitable solution for our people is what we should lean from Portugal.

Does Facebook Replace Face Time or Enhance It?

Nowadays internet becomes the most common thing. There are lots of ways to communicate with friends, one of which is facebook. Just as what those people in the article said, facebook is more convenient and better than other forms of communication. For instance when we make a phone call to our friends, not only does it cost lots of money but also we can’t last the call for a long time, because the only we can do is talking. Sometimes we may feel embarrassed when we don’t know what to say or we offend the other one for speaking too quickly to think. However if we use facebook, we won’t have those problem. It really provides a good way keeping in touch with our friends.
However there must be some flaw when we become used to it. Sometimes it is dangerous to make friends on internet for we don’t know their backgrounds or personalities. We just talk to them. Then we will be incautious and give them our private information. It may be a risk for us. Just like the male singer who used facebook to make a girlfriend and was betrayed by her. With the recent news we must be careful about those who we are unfamiliar with even though we consider facebook to be a convenient form of communication.