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I disagree that the implementation is terrible. Having seen several interviews on the matter I think its implemented exactly as the people of Portland wanted it
by orangepurple 3y ago
I disagree that the implementation is terrible. Having seen several interviews on the matter I think its implemented exactly as the people of Portland wanted it. The major outstanding problem is a lot of the homeless people on drugs need someone to genuinely be there for them and care about them. That's the primary message you will hear from them if you care to listen to their stories on The Soft White Underbelly. It seems that you can't possibly spend enough money to make that happen at a policy level. There were horrible abuses in the institutions where it was tried here historically.
- j_walter 3y agoThey didn't spend any money on it...they didn't fund or push treatment programs at all. The implementation was 100% awful...just like every Oregon program that means well. https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2023/05/13/survey-shows-oregonians-have-dim-outlook-on-efficacy-of-measure-110/ https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2023/05/13/survey-shows-ore... https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2023/03/20/wheeler-slams-measure-110-for-slow-rollout-of-addiction-treatment-funds/ https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2023/03/20/wheeler-slams-mea...
- orangepurple 3y agoWhy do legislatures keep passing half-baked drug-related measures? It's not like this was the first one.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoMeasure 110 was not introduced or passed by legislators, it was passed by the public via ballot measure.
- j_walter 3y agoYep, and it took effect 13 weeks after voting it through. No possible way to get things in order in only 13 weeks...especially at the state level.