Oregon’s decriminalization of drug possession is proving disastrous

Re:Oregon’s decriminalization of drug possession is proving ... by zaptheimpaler on Thursday July 21, 2022 @11:50PM (#32188308)

Hear, hear! Fentanyl has destroyed every city it touches in the same way, regardless of whether drugs are decriminalized or not. The cops don't have the budget to deal with it, all crime rises and huge swaths of the city become uninhabitable/unsafe for everyone. That's clearly the root of the problem.

Another solution might be for heavy federal intervention in finding and dismantling the fentanyl distribution network and throwing everything at them. Those guys need to be jailed for life or killed.

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Re:Oregon’s decriminalization of drug possession is proving ... by pstuart on Saturday July 23, 2022 @02:02PM (#32205813)

Another solution might be to allow opiate addicts to have access to safer versions (e.g., pharma grade and/or grow their own poppies).

My brother died of a heroin overdose many years ago -- it was illegal then (of course) and the country spent billions on "drug enforcement" but it didn't stop the black market from providing him a dangerous drug with no way of knowing purity.

Drug addiction is a health issue and by criminalizing it we don't make it go away, we just make it more expensive and more destructive to society.

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