Reading the comments here, I am not seeing a lot of awareness that Portugal’s “decriminalization” and Oregon’s couldn’t be more different. In Portugal drug use

Reading the comments here, I am not seeing a lot of awareness that Portugal’s “decriminalization” and Oregon’s couldn’t be more different. In Portugal drug use in public is not tolerated. Shooting heroin in the park will result in arrest and a choice between treatment and jail. Oregon’s approach seems to be what someone imagined Portugal was doing without actually finding out. You can believe people have a right to do what they want with their body while simultaneously believing they don’t have the right to impose upon other people by acting in antisocial ways. This may be a difficult distinction to make, but many people don’t seem to even try. Just because something is acceptable, or legal, should not mean it is necessarily celebrated or even tolerated in public.