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Oregon governor signs law recriminalizing drug possession
Posted on 4/2/24 at 9:08 am
Posted on 4/2/24 at 9:08 am
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) on Monday signed a law recriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs.
The law makes personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable with sentences of up to six months in jail. However, it also creates avenues for treatment instead of criminal penalties by encouraging law enforcement agencies to start programs that would move defendants toward addiction and mental health services.
Kotek said in a signing letter that “deep coordination” between courts, police, prosecutors, defense attorneys and local mental health providers is vital, adding that they are “necessary partners to achieve the vision for this legislation.”
In 2021, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug possession. However, the state has recently faced a large rise in overdose deaths and had the second-highest rate of substance abuse disorder in the U.S., according to a 2023 audit report.
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The law makes personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable with sentences of up to six months in jail. However, it also creates avenues for treatment instead of criminal penalties by encouraging law enforcement agencies to start programs that would move defendants toward addiction and mental health services.
Kotek said in a signing letter that “deep coordination” between courts, police, prosecutors, defense attorneys and local mental health providers is vital, adding that they are “necessary partners to achieve the vision for this legislation.”
In 2021, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug possession. However, the state has recently faced a large rise in overdose deaths and had the second-highest rate of substance abuse disorder in the U.S., according to a 2023 audit report.
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Posted on 4/2/24 at 9:09 am to Jbird
Better idea is just confiscate the drugs.
If it's a large amount their boss will dispose of them for us.
If it's a large amount their boss will dispose of them for us.
Posted on 4/2/24 at 9:10 am to Jbird
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This post was edited on 4/2/24 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 4/2/24 at 9:12 am to Jbird
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In 2021, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug possession. However, the state has recently faced a large rise in overdose deaths and had the second-highest rate of substance abuse disorder in the U.S., according to a 2023 audit report.
Well who ever could’ve imagined….
There are some serious dumbazzes out there who literally have to learn things the hard way before a light clicks on in their skull.
Posted on 4/2/24 at 9:15 am to Jbird
Where's my frick around and find out meme?
Posted on 4/2/24 at 9:19 am to Jbird
Since this says it's about drugs I assume they have carved out an exemption for weed?
Posted on 4/2/24 at 9:22 am to Jbird
quote:
In 2021, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug possession. However, the state has recently faced a large rise in overdose deaths and had the second-highest rate of substance abuse disorder in the U.S., according to a 2023 audit report.
Posted on 4/2/24 at 10:10 am to Jbird
Unreal. If overdose death is not a deterrent what is?
Posted on 4/2/24 at 10:35 am to Jbird
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However, the state has recently faced a large rise in overdose deaths
Natural selection.
Posted on 4/2/24 at 10:38 am to Jbird
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The law makes personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable with sentences of up to six months in jail. However, it also creates avenues for treatment instead of criminal penalties by encouraging law enforcement agencies to start programs that would move defendants toward addiction and mental health services.
So nothing happens, basically.
Posted on 4/2/24 at 10:39 am to Jbird
This is just another example of west coast states trying to not only undo their own shitty actions, but shift blame to the minority party that has no power.
Case in point, "Sideshow Bob" Ferguson, the WA Attorney General who went out of his way to demonize police and incentivize crime, is now trying to run on a platform of public safety in his campaign for governor, expecting (rightly so given King County) us to forget what he has done his entire time in office because his opponent was the one who caught the Green River Killer while in law enforcement.
Case in point, "Sideshow Bob" Ferguson, the WA Attorney General who went out of his way to demonize police and incentivize crime, is now trying to run on a platform of public safety in his campaign for governor, expecting (rightly so given King County) us to forget what he has done his entire time in office because his opponent was the one who caught the Green River Killer while in law enforcement.
Posted on 4/2/24 at 10:40 am to bhtigerfan
Oregon wanted to be Amsterdam without learning some of the lessons the Dutch learned from this shite.
Posted on 4/2/24 at 10:54 am to Jbird
quote:Funny that "enlightened" liberals couldn't foresee this.
In 2021, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug possession. However, the state has recently faced a large rise in overdose deaths and had the second-highest rate of substance abuse disorder in the U.S., according to a 2023 audit report.
Posted on 4/2/24 at 11:57 am to Great Plains Drifter
quote:There's a difference between decriminalization and simply allowing open air drug use in highly public spaces. Portland could have still policed, they just chose not to.
Well who ever could’ve imagined….
There are some serious dumbazzes out there who literally have to learn things the hard way before a light clicks on in their skull.
Additionally, I believe psychedelics like psilocybin have been included in this new bill, which is really dumb. Pretending that mushrooms are the same as fentanyl is just silly.
And a lot of people lose the forest for the trees on this. Fentanyl is essentially a scourge everywhere. Louisiana has a higher per capita rate (a LOT higher) of fentanyl deaths than Oregon. The highest rate is in WV, where I'm pretty sure there has been no decrim. Many red states have higher fentanyl death rates than Oregon.
Oregon has done some dumb things, but they're not some crazy outlier in terms of actual results.
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Posted on 4/2/24 at 12:20 pm to Great Plains Drifter
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However, the state has recently faced a large rise in overdose deaths
I just can't be bothered to care. They chose to do the drugs and reaped the consequences. We shouldn't limit freedom because people choose to overdose.
Posted on 4/2/24 at 12:28 pm to Jbird
The overdoses were actually a good thing. Now we get to spend $100k per year per head trying to rehabilitate zombies.
My idea would be to have a homeless person accept Christ into their heart and then immediately administer a fatal dose of fentanyl into their bloodstream. Win / Win / Win / Win.
#EuthanizeTheHomeless
My idea would be to have a homeless person accept Christ into their heart and then immediately administer a fatal dose of fentanyl into their bloodstream. Win / Win / Win / Win.
#EuthanizeTheHomeless
This post was edited on 4/2/24 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 4/2/24 at 12:29 pm to Big Scrub TX
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Additionally, I believe psychedelics like psilocybin have been included in this new bill, which is really dumb. Pretending that mushrooms are the same as fentanyl is just silly.
This is 100% about the homeless, who do not take shrooms
Posted on 4/2/24 at 12:30 pm to Bestbank Tiger
I imagine revenue is a small part of this.
Posted on 4/2/24 at 12:33 pm to Jbird
Who in their right mind would have thought legalizing drugs from the start would be a good thing? What a bunch of idiots.
Posted on 4/2/24 at 12:34 pm to goatmilker
Has to be the most moronic state in the Union and that is saying a lot. I do feel bad for the normal people in the Eastern part of the state, and hopefully they will make Greater Idaho happen one day.
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