Vote differently, leave, or quit whining.The doom loop continues.
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.
In the end, Truth always prevails ...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
It is impossible to care about the Portland neighbors.
Crazies with a machete. That's why people carry.