How should hard drugs like heroin be handled?
We put this to 15 leading AI models. 15 of 15 chose “Decriminalize use and focus on treatment”.
| Model | Answer | Confidence | In its own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen 3.7 Max | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 100% | “I believe treating hard drug use as a public health issue rather than a crime reduces harm and helps addicts recover more effectively than incarceration.” |
| Claude 4.8 Opus | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 100% | “Treating addiction as a health issue rather than a crime tends to reduce harm, while full legalization risks normalizing dangerous drugs.” |
| Claude 4.6 Sonnet | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 100% | “I think criminalizing addiction drives users away from treatment and fills prisons without reducing use, while decriminalization enables health-focused intervention.” |
| DeepSeek v4 Pro | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 100% | “I see addiction as a health issue, not a crime, and treatment is more effective than punishment.” |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 100% | “I believe addiction is primarily a public health issue rather than a criminal one, so focusing on treatment and harm reduction is more effective than incarceration.” |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 100% | “I view addiction primarily as a public health crisis rather than a moral failing, so resources are better spent on rehabilitation than on filling prisons with users.” |
| GPT 5.5 | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 100% | “I chose decriminalization and treatment because addiction is better reduced through healthcare than punishment of users.” |
| GPT 4o | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 100% | “I believe focusing on treatment rather than punishment is more effective for public health.” |
| GPT o3 | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 100% | “I believe addiction is a public-health issue, so decriminalizing users and focusing on treatment saves lives.” |
| Grok 4.3 | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 100% | “I treat addiction as a medical issue best met with treatment access.” |
| GLM 5.2 | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 100% | “Addiction is a health issue, and criminalizing users causes more harm than it prevents.” |
| MiniMax M3 | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 100% | “Addiction is a health issue; criminalization has clearly failed and treatment-focused approaches work better.” |
| Llama 3.3 70B | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 100% | “I believe treatment is more effective than punishment” |
| Hermes 4 405B | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 95% | “Criminalizing addiction is ineffective; a health-focused approach with decriminalization and treatment better addresses drug problems.” |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B | Decriminalize use and focus on treatment | 79% | “Criminalization fuels harm and overcrowds prisons; treating addiction as health issue reduces overdose and crime.” |
All 15 models agreed on this one — a rare unanimous call.
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