Study says drug decriminalization in Oregon did not cause more overdose deaths
Study says drug decriminalization in Oregon did not cause more overdose deaths
Three years after Oregon voters elected to decriminalize drugs, a new study has concluded that the first-in-the-nation law has not led to increased drug use or drug overdoses. The conclusion counters an increasingly common narrative that Oregon’s drug problem is unique in the country — and that decr...
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Another very important findings from this research
did not lead to an increase in violent crime arrests
This is a big fucking deal to quote Biden.
Arrests didn't go up because cops stopped doing their jobs in 2020:
https://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-changes-city-police-bureau/
We should just fire them all, ban their b/s union. And start fresh
Camden, NJ cleaned house and dissolved its municipal police department when corruption and the lack of accountability became too much of an issue to deal with. Policing services are now performed by the county.