The extreme, left-wing Oregon state legislature is finally realizing what a terrible mistake it made by legalizing hard drugs as crime soared.

'You see, we got your gold. We put your tail, in the county jail. Think about that, brothers,' Polk County Sheriff Judd said.

As a senator, Joe Biden spoke at length about the dangers people who smoke crack cocaine pose to society. The irony is palpable.

Remember a decade ago when leftists began enabling drug addicts by providing them with free needles? In retrospect, that decision was mild.

A branch of the Sackler family launched a website arguing that its role fueling the opioid crisis was overstated as part of a smear campaign.

'Yes, there may be people coming across the border but there’s dangerous drugs coming across the border,' Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.

The well-documented opioid crisis in America is a major source of consternation to President Donald Trump's administration.