jordanlund , 3 months ago

110 has been a disaster, glad to see it go.

The idea was to provide a path for treatment.

The problem was a) treatment was optional and b) addicts don’t want treatment.

Here’s the way it “worked”:

1. You get busted for what would have been a typical drug offense.
2. Cop doesn’t arrest you, gives you a $100 ticket.
3. Tells you the ticket is waived if you call a toll free number and ask for treatment.
4. Addicts:

youtu.be/5rVQGT01Kzg#t=16s

Initially, they gave out around 16,000 tickets.

Less than 1% called the helpline.

opb.org/…/oregon-drug-decriminalization-measure-1…

Then what happened was the cops stopped even pretending to enforce the laws. Honduran gangs started operating an open air drug market literally blocks from police headquarters.

wweek.com/…/on-portlands-fentanyl-corner-a-dance-…

koin.com/…/feds-drug-traffickers-using-honduran-n…

Overdoses went through the roof:

opb.org/…/data-show-overdoses-deaths-rising-in-or…

Robberies to support the drug habits went up:

kgw.com/…/283-28745fda-0cd7-4588-978d-448529460b4…

Car thefts went way up.

oregonlive.com/…/car-thefts-declining-in-portland…

So, yeah, this is why we can’t have nice things.

And the supporters are still going “Buh, buh, in Portugal…” completely ignoring that Portugal has universal health care and provides penalties for people who don’t seek treatment.