Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs. It Isn't Working

Re:Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs. It Isn't Working by gamblor956 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @02:04PM (#38267914)

oddly enough a most people don't want to spend their entire lives addicted to opioids. When given access to things like a stable supply and clean places to satisfy their addiction, many are able to hold down jobs, take steps to get clean and become productive members of society.

There are plenty of people who really do want to spend their entire lives addicted to opioids. LA's homeless "crisis" is proof of that; there are literally thousands of shelter beds that go unused each night because almost all of LA's homeless shelters are sober facilities which do not allow alcohol, drugs, or related contraband, and the addicts would rather be on the streets using drugs than have shelter, food, and stability.

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Re:Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs. It Isn't Working by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @02:54PM (#38268686)

You are leaving a few things out of your discussion. Shelters won’t allow you to bring your pets either. And they separate families. And the statistics I’ve seen show about a third of homeless are addicts, and a third have untreated mental health issues. There are lots of reasons people don’t go to shelters.

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Re:Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs. It Isn't Working by Nursie on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @09:59PM (#38272797)

'rather'

Yeah, that doesn't mean what you think it means when you're talking about people in the throes of addiction.

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