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2020-11-07 Home Front: Politix
“Oregon has become the first US state to decriminalise possession of hard drugs including cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine”
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Posted by Fred 2020-11-07 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11143 views ]  Top

#1 Is this going to lead to a better Oregon? I kind of doubt it.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-11-07 00:55||   2020-11-07 00:55|| Front Page Top

#2 I kind of doubt it. None regrets what is unremembered.
Posted by Knuckles Fluper5134 2020-11-07 02:18||   2020-11-07 02:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Well they decriminalized vagrancy, crime and pestilence earlier.

With their newly de-funded law enforcement, the LEO's will have more time to sit in SJW therapy sessions as they won't have to go after the druggies.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-11-07 07:44||   2020-11-07 07:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Legal or illegal, they still have to find the $$$ to buy them. You think they'll be clean, honest, dependable employees? /rhet question
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-11-07 07:47||   2020-11-07 07:47|| Front Page Top

#5 lol 'No More Overdoses'
Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2020-11-07 08:10||   2020-11-07 08:10|| Front Page Top

#6 it's like going from a dry county with 'No More Hangovers' as the rationale
Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2020-11-07 08:15||   2020-11-07 08:15|| Front Page Top

#7 I predict a lot of free bus rides to Oregon paid by cities and towns nationwide.
Posted by Claviger Ulomose6995 2020-11-07 09:01||   2020-11-07 09:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Depravity R Us
Posted by KBK 2020-11-07 09:01||   2020-11-07 09:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe the opium poppy could become the state flower.
Posted by KBK 2020-11-07 09:02||   2020-11-07 09:02|| Front Page Top

#10 The libertarian in me thinks that for small amounts it doesn't make sense to throw addicts into a jail. Certainly doesn't help them with their problems and now they are close to hardened criminals that does who knows what with them.

However, it doesn't solve anything either if there is no treatment plan attached.
Posted by DarthVader 2020-11-07 09:09||   2020-11-07 09:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Fine but from now on, you O/D, nature takes it course. From my perspective, an O/D is simply a suicide. They murdered themselves, so they should pay the penalty.
Posted by Silentbrick 2020-11-07 09:43||   2020-11-07 09:43|| Front Page Top

#12 Just Say NO to Narcan.
Posted by Claviger Ulomose6995 2020-11-07 09:46||   2020-11-07 09:46|| Front Page Top

#13 This was the right move. Prohibition hasn't put a dent in drug use, but it has militarized the police, filled the jails and prevented giving needed medical treatment to addicts.
Posted by Iblis 2020-11-07 09:48||   2020-11-07 09:48|| Front Page Top

#14 Good for Oregon. My body, my rules. It's also my responsibility. If you OD out there or buy bad sh!t, that's on you.
Posted by Clem 2020-11-07 10:07||   2020-11-07 10:07|| Front Page Top

#15 The libertarian in me says everyone has the right to go to hell in their own way. The Sicilian redneck in me says "Fine, but keep your crazy to yourself or it's dirt nap time."
Posted by mercutio 2020-11-07 10:08||   2020-11-07 10:08|| Front Page Top

#16 It also removes a "systemic racism" excuse.
Posted by Clem 2020-11-07 10:12||   2020-11-07 10:12|| Front Page Top

#17 Well. Guess we're going to find out.
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-11-07 10:36||   2020-11-07 10:36|| Front Page Top

#18 #12..Bingo!!!
Posted by Unosh Hupinelet8756 2020-11-07 11:13||   2020-11-07 11:13|| Front Page Top

#19 They're ani.als anyway, so let the losetheir souls.
Posted by Skunky Phinemp1649 2020-11-07 12:03||   2020-11-07 12:03|| Front Page Top

#20 /\ And that's their business, not ours. Let 'em.
Posted by Clem 2020-11-07 12:29||   2020-11-07 12:29|| Front Page Top

#21 mercutio has a point. I'm not sure I'd go the dirt nap route but when the druggies steal to support their habit, as they most certainly will, lock them up for a good long time. But I have to wonder how much of a problem this would be if we would only secure the border.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-11-07 12:42||   2020-11-07 12:42|| Front Page Top

#22 But meth?
Posted by Woodrow 2020-11-07 21:43||   2020-11-07 21:43|| Front Page Top

#23 Dirt nap all the way. Let the leaches find their own path.
Posted by Daffy Freaking Bonaparte4364 2020-11-07 22:17||   2020-11-07 22:17|| Front Page Top

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