VOTERS’ REMORSE: Blue state survey shows majority want to re-criminalize drugs: 'We made an enormous mistake'

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Yeah, let's make drugs legal, that removes the criminal element and all will be great.

That what we always hear.

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"Oregon has turned into an international spectacle and I think we looked at each other and realize that we made an enormous mistake," Portland-based trial attorney Kristin Olson told Fox News.

Oregon is the only state in the nation where possession of personal use amounts of hard drugs including heroin, meth and fentanyl is decriminalized, after 58% of voters passed Measure 110 in 2020.

Olson voted for Measure 110 thinking it would mirror Portugal's decriminalization effort, which changed the law so that drug users are sent to counseling or mandatory treatment. But Oregon's law made possession a Class E violation, punishable by a maximum $100 fine. Treatment is optional.

"If we take away all the incentives, they're not going into treatment," Olson said.

More than 60% of voters DHM surveyed said drug decriminalization has made addiction, homelessness and crime worse.

 

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46 minutes ago, LumRaiderFan said:

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Yeah, let's make drugs legal, that removes the criminal element and all will be great.

That what we always hear.

From the article:

"Oregon has turned into an international spectacle and I think we looked at each other and realize that we made an enormous mistake," Portland-based trial attorney Kristin Olson told Fox News.

Oregon is the only state in the nation where possession of personal use amounts of hard drugs including heroin, meth and fentanyl is decriminalized, after 58% of voters passed Measure 110 in 2020.

Olson voted for Measure 110 thinking it would mirror Portugal's decriminalization effort, which changed the law so that drug users are sent to counseling or mandatory treatment. But Oregon's law made possession a Class E violation, punishable by a maximum $100 fine. Treatment is optional.

"If we take away all the incentives, they're not going into treatment," Olson said.

More than 60% of voters DHM surveyed said drug decriminalization has made addiction, homelessness and crime worse.

 

No, no, no!

Getting rid of the police and makings drugs legal fixes most problems. Everyone knows it is the cop’s fault that drug users steal, kill and trash neighborhoods. Leave the drug addicts to themselves and not all but most problems will go away. The situation certainly will never get worse.

Portland, San Francisco and coming soon to a neighborhood nearby….

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38 minutes ago, tvc184 said:

No, no, no!

Getting rid of the police and makings drugs legal fixes most problems. Everyone knows it is the cop’s fault that drug users steal, kill and trash neighborhoods. Leave the drug addicts to themselves and not all but most problems will go away. The situation certainly will never get worse.

Portland, San Francisco and coming soon to a neighborhood nearby….

This is what really gets me about liberals. People really thought this would work? This is what happens when people are allowed the freedoms to do whatever they want with no accountability for their actions. Even freedom has limitations. Liberals….. What a joke. 

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25 minutes ago, baddog said:

This is what really gets me about liberals. People really thought this would work? This is what happens when people are allowed the freedoms to do whatever they want with no accountability for their actions. Even freedom has limitations. Liberals….. What a joke. 

These are the same idiots that think defunding the cops was a good idea.