Decriminalization in Oregon has essentially enabled unrestricted use of cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamines, ecstacy, methadone and oxycodone. It hasn’t helped.
Decriminalization in Oregon has essentially enabled unrestricted use of cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamines, ecstacy, methadone and oxycodone. It hasn’t helped.
I can believe that there are problems. All those things are really still illegal. Maybe the police aren't jailing users, but that's not enough to really solve the problem. A competent manufacturer can't produce them, so the only option is for the products to be supplied by criminals.
I don't know for sure what's going on in Oregon, but let's try a hypothetical. Someone is selling heroin. Someone else comes along and steals his heroin. Can the dealer go to the police, and expect the police to seriously investigate the crime, and if possible recover his product? If so I'll believe it's really legalized. If not, it's not really.
Good points! Still believe that enabling the users is not benefiting them in any way. Spent some time working in a mid-town ED. What we’re doing is not humane IMO. Just noticed recently that our city is encouraging funding for “drug use programs.” 🤪 They can’t even bring themselves to call the extremes abuse. Narcotics can be used appropriately. We need a different term for those whose use destroys their lives. “Abuse” worked just fine.
Thanks for sharing the reality. This is made complex by addict mentality, unfamiliar ground to most of us writing here. Sober logic is not on the table; whatever is effective has to counter ill effects of addict mentality.
Decriminalization in Oregon has essentially enabled unrestricted use of cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamines, ecstacy, methadone and oxycodone. It hasn’t helped.
I can believe that there are problems. All those things are really still illegal. Maybe the police aren't jailing users, but that's not enough to really solve the problem. A competent manufacturer can't produce them, so the only option is for the products to be supplied by criminals.
I don't know for sure what's going on in Oregon, but let's try a hypothetical. Someone is selling heroin. Someone else comes along and steals his heroin. Can the dealer go to the police, and expect the police to seriously investigate the crime, and if possible recover his product? If so I'll believe it's really legalized. If not, it's not really.
Good points! Still believe that enabling the users is not benefiting them in any way. Spent some time working in a mid-town ED. What we’re doing is not humane IMO. Just noticed recently that our city is encouraging funding for “drug use programs.” 🤪 They can’t even bring themselves to call the extremes abuse. Narcotics can be used appropriately. We need a different term for those whose use destroys their lives. “Abuse” worked just fine.
Thanks for sharing the reality. This is made complex by addict mentality, unfamiliar ground to most of us writing here. Sober logic is not on the table; whatever is effective has to counter ill effects of addict mentality.
Right, Fred - And it also drastically increased the homeless problems. More drug users = more homeless.