Reaction Article (Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work?)

It is great that Portugal’s decriminalizing drug possession success in some ways. For other countries, they may not enforce this proposal because their countries’ size and culture are different from Portugal’s. For Portuguese, this law may be good for them since illegal drug use among teens and HIV infections dropped a lot. For these two phenomena, Portuguese should be happy for their government’s wisdom. However, I think decriminalizing drug possession can also provoke some bad phenomena. Since everyone can possess drug like marijuana, cocaine and heroin, the country’s labor rate may decrease and the atmosphere in the country probably become weird because a lot of people are in their illusions.

Maybe every country’s government can pass the law, but they should analyze their people’s thoughts and whether proper or not. After all, people may worry about the bad consequences, such as the increasing rate of robbery, suicide and murder. For instance, some people will choose robbery to have money to buy drugs; others may take suicide because of the illusion drugs causing, and the others will kill their parents or friends just for money. These horrible consequences should be taken into mind seriously, or once the law publish, everything will become a mess. (219 words)

Reaction Article (Does Facebook Replace Face Time or Enhance It?)

Sometimes, I’ll think that the internet world is very real, because we can make friends now! What an amazing thing! Making friends on the internet is extremely convenient. We just need to click the mouse and type some introduction to ourselves. And then, if some people have interests to us, they also just need to type some words to us. Eventually, we maybe can be very good friends. However, the internet is not real. Whatever we chat so happy on the internet. It doesn’t mean that we can be very intimate friends in the real world. After all, on the internet, we can just see their photos and the words without any emotions. Once we face to face, we may be shocked with their appearances and their talking style. Because of this, a lot of people were cheated to do something bad or stolen money. For example, some girls fall in love with their male friends on line. In the end, they meet in person and some girls maybe be raped.

There are a lot of ways to make friends. For me, the friends on line are not real at all. Maybe we can be very intimate friends, but I am not sure if we meet that the friendship can last forever. In brief, I think making friends on the internet is great, because we can exchange our mood and experiences with them. It can help us relax. However, we cannot neglect our friends in real life. Compared with them, they are real. If we have some problems, the person who can help us is our friends with us. (269words)