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Encode1307@lemm.ee to Portland@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Study says drug decriminalization in Oregon did not cause more overdose deaths

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Study says drug decriminalization in Oregon did not cause more overdose deaths

www.opb.org

Encode1307@lemm.ee to Portland@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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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 decriminalization is to blame.
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    2 years ago

    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.

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      Arrests didn’t go up because cops stopped doing their jobs in 2020:

      https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-mayor-police-chief-news-conference-policing-changes/283-7c4e2427-d844-440e-acad-ed0e46e68a8d

      https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/08/31/mayor-calls-rebukes-portland-police-bureaus-claims-of-understaffing-bullshit/

      https://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-changes-city-police-bureau/

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        We should just fire them all, ban their b/s union. And start fresh

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          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.

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