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Overdoses Up 700% After Oregon Decriminalizes Hard Street Drugs. Officials Mystified

1. Kewl2 says:

   June 3, 2022 - 8:46 pm at 8:46 pm

   Brtish Columbia is next!

   B.C. to decriminalize possession of small amounts of ‘hard’ drugs such as cocaine, fentanyl and heroin –> https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-decriminalize-drugs-british-columbia-canada/

   • Strider says:

     June 3, 2022 - 9:17 pm at 9:17 pm

     One more way to get rid of people. How long before we figure out that they are trying to kill us, and how long before we do something about it?

2. pedro_deleon says:

   June 3, 2022 - 9:39 pm at 9:39 pm

   As a libertarian, this is still the only workable direction to go as I see it.
   Don’t legalize them, but decriminalize them. At least in smaller quantities, not wholesale.
   Frankly, I question results THIS enormous. It shouldn’t make that kind of difference.

   To me the bigger social issues revolve around gangs, cartels, etc trafficking and profiting, crime, and fighting over territory to pad the profits. Then add law enforcement expenses, jailing, etc. Big business on both sides of the fence. I’d rather see storefronts shopping this stuff, above board, with MJ type taxes, and see whether that cuts back on all the other social costs I noted above.

   I do see a problem implementing this JUST locally, since that would just attract users from everywhere else. When Colorado legalized MJ, real estate prices shot up 50% just from medical users all moving into the state.

   I suspect the biggest obstacles to reform are ATF, FBI, and CIA, whose budgets are predicated in part on these activities.