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A comment on Oregon’s decriminalization of drug possession is proving disastrous. Parent comment

Re:Oregon’s decriminalization of drug possession is proving ... by addicted on Thursday July 21, 2022 @11:19PM (#32188099)
What the fentanyl situation shows is that the real problem with the various decriminalization efforts in the US is that they don’t go far enough.

They also need to be providing legal, vetted, licensed channels that supply drugs to the users so people aren’t using drugs laced with fentanyl.

That’s the quickest, easiest and probably the least likely to succeed solution.

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Re:Oregon’s decriminalization of drug possession is proving ... by deepdriver on Friday July 22, 2022 @12:18AM (#32188484)
This is not how decriminalization of hard drugs has succeeded in any other country. Heroin abuse is illegal in Portugal, as is the unauthorized posession of fentanyl, MDMA, cocaine, crack, etc. They won't put you in prison, but they'll take you to jail. Addicts are compelled to enter treatment:

https://beportugal.com/portugal-drug-laws/

https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/ldjif4/the_portugal...

San Francisco is doing all they can to pursue the sort of plan you propose. It isn't working. Drug abuse and related crimes have only gotten worse. "I heard about Portugal on a podcast" drug policy has been a disaster.

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Re:Oregon’s decriminalization of drug possession is proving ... by cannabis_sam on Friday July 22, 2022 @04:18AM (#32189785)
Switzerland pioneered this approach, and it has been implemented in Germany, Netherlands, Canada and Denmark.[0]

What does Portugal have to do with it?

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin-assisted_treatment

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Re:Oregon’s decriminalization of drug possession is proving ... by deepdriver on Saturday July 23, 2022 @03:01AM (#32201073)
There is a difference between legalizing recreational heroin, as the parent comment and activists like Dr. Carl Hart suggest, and providing maintenance doses in a medical setting under supervised and monitored conditions. Switzerland does the latter.

Portgul is relevant because their program of decriminalization is frequently referenced in media and by US policymakers.

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Re:Oregon’s decriminalization of drug possession is proving ... by pstuart on Saturday July 23, 2022 @02:05PM (#32205853)
Hear, hear!

Society is just fine with people killing themselves with drugs as long as they are alcohol and tobacco.

The problem is too much money is made off the current situation and most the population has been brainwashed into thinking that making drugs illegal will protect us from them.

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