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Re:Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs by orangepurple on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @02:33PM (#36960338)
Why do legislatures keep passing half-baked drug-related measures? It's not like this was the first one.
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Re:Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs by lotsofpulp on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @02:35PM (#36960382)
Measure 110 was not introduced or passed by legislators, it was passed by the public via ballot measure.
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Re:Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs by j_walter on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @04:24PM (#36962230)
Yep, and it took effect 13 weeks after voting it through. No possible way to get things in order in only 13 weeks...especially at the state level.
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