Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs. It Isn't Working

Re:Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs. It Isn't Working by scheeseman486 on Sunday November 12, 2023 @12:13AM (#38237531)

Because that's just maintaining the status quo. Are you suggesting the status quo is acceptable?

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Re:Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs. It Isn't Working by thaumasiotes on Sunday November 12, 2023 @01:45AM (#38237935)

I'm suggesting that it makes no sense to label maintaining the status quo a "failure". If you make a policy change, and the circumstance you were already fine with continues to obtain, your policy change has not thereby failed.

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Re:Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs. It Isn't Working by nerdponx on Sunday November 12, 2023 @07:04PM (#38245456)

One negative consequence is that it becomes more of an open-air problem that you see in day to day life, not something that gets hidden away in the seedy side of town after hours.

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