If nothing else, Oregon needs to clean up the streets so we don't have degenerate drug users camping out in tents (in big cities) and in RVs (everywhere else) getting high in public. That would be a great start.
While Georgia had a problem with new sole proprietor LLCs popping up in 2020-2021 getting PPP loans for Hellcats and crab legs by the hundreds, Oregon had the same but for RVs and fentanyl. We have deep and serious addictions that have been allowed to fester in public and we need to clean it up.
Anything that shakes people up and interrupts their drug addled slumber is a good start. By increasing the penalties for those who are clearly out of control, police will be able to arrest and prosecutors will have legitimate targets again. None of this is perfect but nobody is doing anything right now.
Measure 110 allowed for decriminalization but as a society we in Oregon don't have enough stigma against drug use and we don't have the corollary treatment programs, both of which are necessary to get Portugal-like results in decriminalization. Even Portugal is losing stigma against drug use, and considering increasing criminal penalties due to similar problems. The shining star of Western decriminalization is tarnished by human nature.
While Georgia had a problem with new sole proprietor LLCs popping up in 2020-2021 getting PPP loans for Hellcats and crab legs by the hundreds, Oregon had the same but for RVs and fentanyl. We have deep and serious addictions that have been allowed to fester in public and we need to clean it up.
Anything that shakes people up and interrupts their drug addled slumber is a good start. By increasing the penalties for those who are clearly out of control, police will be able to arrest and prosecutors will have legitimate targets again. None of this is perfect but nobody is doing anything right now.
Measure 110 allowed for decriminalization but as a society we in Oregon don't have enough stigma against drug use and we don't have the corollary treatment programs, both of which are necessary to get Portugal-like results in decriminalization. Even Portugal is losing stigma against drug use, and considering increasing criminal penalties due to similar problems. The shining star of Western decriminalization is tarnished by human nature.