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 fact that they think the problem could have been solved by a special ticket instead of a normal ticket and a business card shows just how clueless 110 supporters are.

Making treatment optional is the problem, not the methodology of communicating how optional it is.

  • @jordanlundOPMEnglish
    0•8 months ago

    I guess you just weren’t paying attention prior to the vote.

    https://www.oregon.gov/oha/hsd/amh/pages/measure110.aspx

    "When they passed the ballot measure, the people of Oregon recognized:

    Drug addiction and overdoses are a serious problem in Oregon. 

    Oregon needs to expand access to drug treatment. 

    A health-based approach to addiction and overdose is more effective, humane and cost-effective than criminal punishments. 

    Making people criminals because they suffer from addiction is expensive, ruins lives and can make access to treatment and recovery more difficult."

    Again, all about recovery and treatment, not free use.