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I had no problem with legalizing pot. Not because I use it, because I cannot think of any activities that are as obnoxious as “firing” one up. But, if others do it, not my business. Hard drugs though? Hell no! Well Oregon went with giving hard drugs the thumbs up. Fritz looks at the results
Jeff Reynold at PJ Media, Overdoses Up 700% After Oregon Decriminalizes Hard Street Drugs. Officials Mystified.
In November 2020, Oregon voters approved ballot measure 110, making Oregon the first state in the nation to decriminalize the possession of hard drugs. M110 made the possession of personal use amounts of hard street drugs like heroin or meth punishable by a citation of up to $100, and directed funding to drug treatment programs. The voters bought the argument that the state could better disburse resources to treatment rather than prosecuting offenders criminally. In addition, the citation and fine could be waived if the offender called a hotline that would offer a “health assessment.”
Guess what happened next?
Officials at the Oregon Health Authority testified to legislative committees this week about the results of the program. It isn’t good. According to the Daily Mail:
Oregon’s first-in-the-nation scheme to decriminalize drugs and encourage those caught possessing them to seek medical help has been blighted with problems, officials admitted on Thursday – as one Republican politician said there had been a 700 percent in overdoses in her district in the last year.
Go read it all. Sounds like good intentions did what good intentions often do, FAIL!
