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nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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When theory (an idea with maybe some merit) and experiment disagree, the theory is wrong. Drug decriminalization was sold as making things better, that's not what happened here.
https://www.kptv.com/2023/09/01/ore...drug-decriminalization-amid-rising-overdoses/
Oregonians support ending drug decriminalization amid rising overdoses
Drug decriminalization losing popularity in Oregon three years after passage
An Emerson College poll of 1,000 registered Oregon voters found that 56% support a complete repeal of Measure 110, a ballot initiative that decriminalized possession of small amounts of hard drugs such as heroin, meth and fentanyl. The measure, which made possession punishable by a maximum $100 fine, passed in 2020 with 58% of voters backing it.

A Portland-area drug and alcohol counselor said voters were misled about the reasons behind Measure 110.
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“It is part of a radicalized social justice movement that gives a person a right to use known as bodily autonomy,” Kevin Dahlgren told Fox News. “It has very little to do with helping a person recover.”

“It is about a person having the right to do anything they want without consequences,” he added.

Oregon is the only state where personal use amounts of most hard drugs are decriminalized.
 

cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
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nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
16,339
Man accused in racist MAX platform stabbing had arrest warrant for prior Portland charges

How does the local DA drop charges of being a felon in possession of a silenced weapon that's a federal charge of up to 30 years.
 
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