Oregon’s drug legalization “hasn’t gone as planned,” according to The Atlantic, and has been “an unmitigated disaster,” according to Oregon Clackamas County Commiss...

Measure 110 was supposed to focus on “a drug addiction treatment and recovery program funded in part by the state’s marijuana tax revenue and state prison savings” but — surprise! — hasn’t followed through. There is simply no way to make drugs legal without aggressive treatment for addicts. And by “aggressive,” I do mean forcibly locking up, committing, and treating addicts who can’t or won’t take care of themselves. That means rounding the addicts up off the streets and detoxing them before they kill themselves — and/or others.

  • hoodlem@hoodlem.meEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I read the article. It said “even the hardest of drugs” was decriminalized. Or at least if not decriminalized, the penalties were so soft it wasn’t worth an officer’s time to arrest someone.

    Are they saying cocaine, heroin, and meth are legal to possess/use in Oregon? What a complete disaster.

    I have no problem with weed being legal. Psychedelics too, especially for therapeutic or religious purposes.

    But the harder drugs destroy families. Seems to me the new law is much more likely to create new addicts than it is to provide treatment and recovery for existing addicts.