We must promptly push for drug use to be criminalized.

It is estimated that even Lin Zexu's coffin board cannot hold it down. The newly revised public security penalty regulations have added a system for sealing criminal records. The original intention of this system is to provide those who have committed minor offenses with the opportunity to repent and reintegrate into society. However, when fighting and soliciting for prostitution are mixed with drug use, public opinion erupts, and opposing voices surge one after another. So, do people not support minor offenses entering society, or is there a bias against drug users? What exactly are people opposing? Is there any reason behind the opposition? The potential dangers of drug use records stem from three prominent characteristics: high recurrence, strong concealment, and social harm spillover.

Scientific research shows that even after years of abstinence, relapse may still occur under specific circumstances. When such records are 'sealed', it means that kindergartens cannot know whether a job applicant has a history of drug use, and bus companies cannot check whether drivers have drug addiction risks. This state of 'unknowability' directly deprives the public of the most basic rights to know about risks and to avoid them. 'Average age 41', this is the average lifespan of drug enforcement officers in China. Many of them cannot even have gravestones engraved with their real names after they pass away, and their deeds cannot be made public while their direct descendants within three generations are still alive.

This 'invisibility' is to protect family members from retaliation by drug traffickers. When the public sees the badge numbers of drug enforcement officers sealed in commemoration, while also hearing that the 'drug numbers' of drug users may be sealed, they will emotionally experience a strong contrast: the invisibility of heroes is for a great cause, but why is the invisibility of those involved in drugs?

The core of public opposition is not about denying the opportunity for reform, but rather concerns about the value deviation in the design of the system: the dilution of the punitive function: the legal punishment and warning functions partially rely on the 'visibility' of records. When drug use is equated with ordinary public security violations, its special harmfulness is invisibly diluted. First, there is the unfair sharing of responsibility: sealing means transferring the risk from drug-related individuals to unspecified members of the public. Parents of kindergarten children, bus passengers, and colleagues in companies unknowingly bear risks that could have been avoided.

Then there is the disorder of value orientation: a cautious attitude towards drug use records is itself the most vivid drug prevention education. Once 'sealed', the signals transmitted to teenagers will become vague. It is essential to understand that drug use fundamentally differs from general illegal activities. Theft, fighting, and other behaviors can achieve a higher correction rate through legal punishment and moral education. Drug addiction is a chronic, easily recurrent brain disease that requires long-term, professional intervention for correction. Simply equating and 'sealing' drug use records with other illegal records ignores the medical particularity and underestimates the long-term social risks. What the public truly expects is: scientific graded management: establish a graded assessment system based on drug type, addiction level, abstinence time, and actual performance, rather than a 'one-size-fits-all' sealing.

Necessary information mechanisms: in key industries involving significant public interests (education, healthcare, public transportation, security, etc.), retain legal inquiry channels. A complete supervision system: there should be long-term, professional tracking and support for those who have quit, rather than simply 'sealing it' and distributing the risk to society. I believe that drug use should not only be decriminalized, but it should also be pushed for criminalization as soon as possible. This is not a violation of the law; this is a crime! In front of this red line concerning the fate of the nation, we have only one attitude, which is zero tolerance! This is a significant matter that cannot be overlooked!