Oregon governor signs bill criminalizing drug possession
Oregon governor signs bill criminalizing drug possession
On Monday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed House Bill 4002, which both expands funding for substance abuse treatment and makes possessing small amounts of hard drugs a misdemeanor beginning Sept. 1.
I'm in Portland, and while we voted for this our local government did not provide the requisite opportunities for care and treatment. The rollback of this bill reintroduces facilities for care and treatment.
Not going to get into what is right or wrong, but please understand that this first attempt was implemented poorly and needed to be adjusted in some manner.
Why not just reintroduce the facilities for care and treatment without the crime attachment?
Fucking scumbag. People passed a harm reduction measure and corporate interests scrambled to reintroduce the penalty as quickly as they could.
I know you are angry. The headline is sheer click bait and trauma theater. Read a little into what is the ACTUAL legislation, you will see it is, while not good, a slightly better alternative to what was submitted. WHich that was a joke and had no chance anyway. At least with this, people in need will have something. Also x2, I am for decriminalization but the way it was introduced first was a dumb hippy fantasy.
Won't police just "plant" drugs in people's cars and houses as an excuse to arrest them? Police do all sorts of shady shit. The less police are involved, the better.
but Republicans and Democrats are different not the same
or is this going to somehow be spun around to be the Republicans fault and made into a campaign promise asking for funds