The Briefing Room
General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: PeteS in CA on August 15, 2023, 03:15:06 pm
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The Sad Truth About Drug Legalization
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2023/08/15/the-sad-truth-about-drug-legalization-n1719396 (https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2023/08/15/the-sad-truth-about-drug-legalization-n1719396)
Oregon’s drug legalization “hasn’t gone as planned,” according to The Atlantic, and has been “an unmitigated disaster,” according to Oregon Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West — and does this former legalization proponent have a few things to say about that.
Measure 110 was voted into law in 2020, effectively legalizing even the hardest of drugs. 58.5% of Oregon voters checked “Yes” to “making personal non-commercial possession of a controlled substance no more than a Class E violation (max fine of $100 fine [sic]).” While technically only decriminalizing everything from shrooms to fentanyl, the lax penalties mean it isn’t worth a cop’s time to get involved — even against commercial possession; i.e., dealers.
The result, Ryan Mills reported for National Review on Tuesday, is what Clackamas County Commissioner Mark Shull described as a “wild, wild west of drug abuse.” Fellow commissioner West called it “an unmitigated disaster” because people are “dying on our streets,” according to Mills.
Drug-related crime didn't magically disappear when drugs were legalized? Who could foresee that?!