> if it won't achieve the goal of reducing drug use? If they tried decriminalization with the specific goal of reducing drug use then uhh yeah that was doomed

> if it won't achieve the goal of reducing drug use? If they tried decriminalization with the specific goal of reducing drug use then uhh yeah that was doomed from the start. You decriminalize certain drugs because you want to reduce possession/use arrests and view the treatment as worse than the disease. Arrests for use/possession serve one important function for people which is getting users out of public view even if it doesn't reduce drug use or work at all to get people off them. And Oregon found out how many people value clean streets at the expense of drug users. Can't really blame them.