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Because people are bad at nuance. The entire reason the decriminalization failed was because it had no nuance. It copied something that worked in a much differ

Because people are bad at nuance. The entire reason the decriminalization failed was because it had no nuance. It copied something that worked in a much different culture, and didn’t copy the other supports that caused it to work. Nothing to address the other side, the benefits of jailing addicts (i.e. preventing them from committing other crimes).

karmakaze 3y ago
OT: I get tired of hearing 'nuance' over-applied. What you're describing is cargo-culting. They missed at least half the picture, that's not a nuance.
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rokkitmensch 3y ago
Binary crisis!
Dig1t 3y ago
Which culture did it copy? Are you talking about Portugal? Last I read they had a similarly disastrous outcome with the policy, though it took a longer to break down.
- mirashii 3y ago
  On Oregon, it's quite possible that the policy is less a disaster than the implementation and lack of cooperation in enacting the policies. https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/10/police-issue-few-tickets-under-new-drug-decriminalization-law-most-people-ignore-court-hotline.html https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/10/police-issue-few... On Portugul, it's worth asking why it's failing after many years of being such a success that the model was copied around the world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-drugs-decriminalization-heroin-crack/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-dru... > After years of economic crisis, Portugal decentralized its drug oversight operation in 2012. A funding drop from 76 million euros ($82.7 million) to 16 million euros ($17.4 million) forced Portugal’s main institution to outsource work previously done by the state to nonprofit groups, including the street teams that engage with people who use drugs. The country is now moving to create a new institute aimed at reinvigorating its drug prevention programs. > Twenty years ago, “we were quite successful in dealing with the big problem, the epidemic of heroin use and all the related effects,” Goulão said in an interview with The Washington Post. “But we have had a kind of disinvestment, a freezing in our response … and we lost some efficacy.”

karmakaze 3y ago

OT: I get tired of hearing 'nuance' over-applied. What you're describing is cargo-culting. They missed at least half the picture, that's not a nuance.

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rokkitmensch 3y ago

Binary crisis!

Dig1t 3y ago

Which culture did it copy? Are you talking about Portugal? Last I read they had a similarly disastrous outcome with the policy, though it took a longer to break down.

mirashii 3y ago
On Oregon, it's quite possible that the policy is less a disaster than the implementation and lack of cooperation in enacting the policies. https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/10/police-issue-few-tickets-under-new-drug-decriminalization-law-most-people-ignore-court-hotline.html https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/10/police-issue-few... On Portugul, it's worth asking why it's failing after many years of being such a success that the model was copied around the world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-drugs-decriminalization-heroin-crack/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-dru... > After years of economic crisis, Portugal decentralized its drug oversight operation in 2012. A funding drop from 76 million euros ($82.7 million) to 16 million euros ($17.4 million) forced Portugal’s main institution to outsource work previously done by the state to nonprofit groups, including the street teams that engage with people who use drugs. The country is now moving to create a new institute aimed at reinvigorating its drug prevention programs. > Twenty years ago, “we were quite successful in dealing with the big problem, the epidemic of heroin use and all the related effects,” Goulão said in an interview with The Washington Post. “But we have had a kind of disinvestment, a freezing in our response … and we lost some efficacy.”