Just over three years since Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 110, elected officials want to repeal key elements, blaming the law for open drug use and soaring overdoses. But it’s their own hands-off approach that isn’t working, advocates say.
The Legislature, the court system and the bureaucracy under two governors ignored or rejected proposed solutions as seemingly straightforward as designing a specialized ticket to highlight treatment information. They declined to fund a proposed $50,000 online course that would have instructed cops how to better use the new law. They took no action on recommendations to get police, whose leaders campaigned against the ballot measure, talking with treatment providers after decriminalization passed.
It’s gonna cost money to fix things. Spend a lot of money on trained people for outreach or you didn’t do outreach. Counselors, social workers, whatever. You can’t fix addiction without investment in the community.
Oh, guaranteed they don’t care about the money it would cost. They care about the money for profit prisons would be losing if their cattle were sent to rehab instead of prison.
Yeah, admittedly my comment was a knee jerk reaction and done with complete ignorance of the state. I’ll leave it as to not hide me being an idiot though
It’s gonna cost money to fix things. Spend a lot of money on trained people for outreach or you didn’t do outreach. Counselors, social workers, whatever. You can’t fix addiction without investment in the community.
Oh, guaranteed they don’t care about the money it would cost. They care about the money for profit prisons would be losing if their cattle were sent to rehab instead of prison.
Oregon doesn’t have any for profit prisons. Good job guaranteeing it though.
Yeah, admittedly my comment was a knee jerk reaction and done with complete ignorance of the state. I’ll leave it as to not hide me being an idiot though