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Pastimes : Your opinion please Legalization of Street Drugs

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From: S. maltophilia2/14/2024 11:48:39 PM
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Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Aimed to Make Cops a Gateway to Rehab, Not Jail.

State Leaders Failed to Make It Work. Just over three years since Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 110, elected officials want to repeal key elements, blaming the law for open drug use and soaring overdoses. But it’s their own hands-off approach that isn’t working, advocates say.

It's a scene police say plays out all too frequently in downtown Portland.

An officer hands someone a $100 ticket for possessing the deadly narcotic fentanyl and a card with a treatment hotline number. Call this number, the officer says, and the ticket goes away. The person caught with fentanyl never calls. The ticket goes unpaid.

“We’ve talked to exactly two people that have actually......

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