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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by gigatexal on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @11:37AM (#38614509)
I think we are in agreement here. What I was responding to was your seemingly lack of interest in solutions only commenting about still being able to blame folks for decisions they made whereas I think if we are going to spend we should spend to take folks off the streets and get them help or further remove what is seen as a blight to an otherwise beautiful city.

The streets and parks and business fronts are not camping areas.

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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by everdrive on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @11:49AM (#38614710)
It sounds like we agree more than I originally understood. I do care about treatment, and despite what my comment might have suggested, I think blame should be wholly separate from punishment or remediation. I don't care particularly if we spend a lot of time blaming drug addicts, only if we get the streets cleaned up, and their lives improved.
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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by gigatexal on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @12:08PM (#38614993)
+100 to this
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