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So you'd arrest all of the homeless addicts and put them in jail for consuming in an unapproved place?

• amluto 3y ago
  If it’s genuinely dangerous for passersby when people are on the streets and have high doses of meth in them, then maybe? I don’t know nearly enough about the behavior of mentally ill homeless people and how it varies with addiction status and current meth levels, but I think there is no shortage of recent reports of dangerous addicts in various cities.
  • chmod600 3y ago
    You're the one who proposed the regulation ("particular establishments or at home"), and now you are already second-guessing whether it should actually be enforced (asking if it's "genuinely dangerous... maybe"). Regulation sounds good, but it doesn't just happen because it's written down. Enforcement is the messy part.
    • amluto 3y ago
      > You're the one who proposed the regulation ("particular establishments or at home") I am?
      • chmod600 3y ago
        My mistake. My question stands, then: does "legalize and regulate" mean that there would be regulations preventing the stated problems in Portland, and that they'd be actually enforced? Or is it essentially just the same as plain legalization?
• tomjen3 3y ago
  Why not? They can get help if they want to get over the addiction and otherwise they can get a job so they can get a place to do drugs legally. They are a part of society and their actions have negative consequences for others. We regulate that.