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originally posted by: grey580
I still think decriminalization should be the way to go. And police should just take away drugs if found.
It would save us billions in court costs and prison costs to tax payers.
originally posted by: grey580
I still think decriminalization should be the way to go. And police should just take away drugs if found.
It would save us billions in court costs and prison costs to tax payers. That could then be used if someone had addiction problems.
There's some more insight here into some of the issues Oregon faced.
www.usatoday.com...
originally posted by: Boogerpicker
a reply to: xuenchen
Criminalized crimes huh? Sounds like breaking the law with extra steps.
originally posted by: grey580
I still think decriminalization should be the way to go. And police should just take away drugs if found.
It would save us billions in court costs and prison costs to tax payers. That could then be used if someone had addiction problems.
There's some more insight here into some of the issues Oregon faced.
www.usatoday.com...
originally posted by: grey580
I still think decriminalization should be the way to go. And police should just take away drugs if found.
It would save us billions in court costs and prison costs to tax payers. That could then be used if someone had addiction problems.
There's some more insight here into some of the issues Oregon faced.
www.usatoday.com...
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Shoshanna
The only reason Oregon is doing this is because it hurts politicians.
Housing is insane, businesses are leaving so the tax base has bottomed out.
Yeah, I live in Oregon.
originally posted by: theatreboy
originally posted by: grey580
I still think decriminalization should be the way to go. And police should just take away drugs if found.
It would save us billions in court costs and prison costs to tax payers. That could then be used if someone had addiction problems.
There's some more insight here into some of the issues Oregon faced.
www.usatoday.com...
Molly is still illegal in NY.
My neighbor ODs twice a month...at least.
Sometimes the same day.
And there is nothing they can do except save her everytime. She cant be charged with possesion when she ODs.
She is just 1 person in a town of 50,000. where there are at least 100 OD deaths a month and 1000s of doses of narcan used and charged to the taxpayer.
Neither option is good.
But at least in jail, the EMTs are not going to her house all the time.
originally posted by: dave5426
No one would have cared if the druggies stayed home and cooked their brains there.
But they were out on the street driving around, robbing and burglarizing to feed their addiction, and ending up homeless living in tents on the sidewalk.
Private action became a public problem.
originally posted by: BduardErnstein
oig.justice.gov...
originally posted by: watchitburn
a reply to: Shoshanna
Just another example of how democrat policies fail every time because they are destructive to civilization.
Here is what Ronald Reagan did to America’s ghettos in the 80s
Reagan & the CIA sold cocayne to black gamg leaders nationwide to fund illegal off the books wars. Was Reagan a democrat ?
I thought only democrats destroy society with their drug policies ?
originally posted by: Zanti Misfit
a reply to: xuenchen
I always Thought Drug Legalization was all about Creating Addictive People who would then Die Faster and Reduce the Worlds Population . Is that Not a " Thing " Anymore ? ....Hmm....