I hate to say it but I’m somewhat glad as a resident. This isn’t the right move, or the moral move, but taking decriminalization to mean “do nothing” was equall

I hate to say it but I’m somewhat glad as a resident. This isn’t the right move, or the moral move, but taking decriminalization to mean “do nothing” was equally immoral in its own way. No drug user was ever helped by a jail cell. Nor was any drug user helped by this free-for-all policy. Oregon allowed users to suffer the same as before and cause unsafe situations for the general populace. Smoking meth in a sidewalk tent should get your ass sent to a care facility. For help. Oregon ran with the headlines from Portugal but never bothered to read the actual article. Now I doubt decriminalization will be tried again on this level in this country. And with the drug epidemic still in full swing we badly need a policy that isn’t criminalization. It almost feels like it was meant to fail. Time and time again the people of Oregon (and specifically Portland) try to show goodwill towards their fellow man. Raising taxes on ourselves is a hobby. Time and time again the legislature makes the money disappear, implements XYZ poorly, and engineers failure.