Posted on 07/11/2017 5:48:40 AM PDT by davikkm
Oregon’s legislature reduced penalties for drug possession in a new bill with the stated goal of hoping to reduce radical profiling by law enforcement agencies.
The bill, H. B. 2355, was able to pass the House and Senate and reduces drug possession charges of illegal drugs to misdemeanors, as opposed to felonies so long as the individual in question does not have any prior drug convictions.
A press release from Oregon’s AG Ellen Rosenblum states the following regarding the bill:
Profiling (HB 2355): Implements 2015 law enforcement anti-profiling laws, and provides new levels of transparency in policing in Oregon by creating a system for gathering information about pedestrian and traffic stops, providing all police officers with the training necessary to prevent profiling behaviors, and the reduction of penalties for lower level drug offenders. The bill also reduces the maximum penalty for Class A misdemeanors by one day to avoid mandatory deportation for misdemeanants.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Report is that highways are jammed by drug addicts migrating to Oregon...
Building prisons hasn’t worked. Maybe it’s time to try something different?
Oregon passes law making Capital Murder a misdemeanor. Penalty for serial murder is set at maximum of 90 days of house arrest. /s It’s only a matter time. sad face emoticon.
> Building prisons hasn’t worked. Maybe it’s time to try something different?
Build gallows. There will be no repeat offenders.
I don’t necessarily care if this stuff is legalized.
I just want government charity to stop so that I don’t have to subsidize the food, shelter or medical care for deadbeat drug addicts. They should be free to die in alleys if they so choose.
Also, I oppose long prison sentences for people who commit either violent or property crimes. If you break-in to houses to steal stuff (because ... I don’t know ... you need to support a drug habit?) I think the penalty should possibly include death for repeat offenders.
In short — people should be free to do what they want with their bodies. But there should be consequences if you can’t support yourself or if you violate the rights of others.
The prison ‘solution’ basically just stalls the guy by a year or two. What you can generally say about drug-rehab episodes...especially with heroin and meth...is that they also just stall the majority of folks for another year or two. In the end...you might as well give the guy as much as they can handle and let their bodies do what comes naturally...just shut down and decline enough for the guy to pass on.
Sodom and Gomorrah
America will never excuse drug users simply for using drugs no matter how many FReepers salivate over the idea. Anyhow, Iran does in fact execute drug users and still has one of the highest rates of opioid addiction in the Middle East. Clearly, that isn't working either.
Just say NO. It’s a choice. Self control. They should teach that in school.
LOL...You’re so right....
execute
>>Building prisons hasn’t worked. Maybe it’s time to try something different?
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Yes, it is.
I used to be one of those strict drug laws types. After years of observation, I would say it’s obviously not working. I noticed that increase in hard drug use seemed to correlate with increased rejection of God. This country desperately needs a strong spiritual revival.
Also, years ago I read how Japan deals with it. I can not vouch for the veracity of what I read, however, it sounded like a novel approach.
The gov’t would set up locations where hard core (not mj) drug addicts could come and get all the free drugs, needles, etc. they wanted, for free. The only catch was, they had to stay at that location as long as they used the drugs.
What they effectively did was: 1) take the profit out of drug-dealing, 2) reduce drug-related crimes to practically non-existent and 3) serve as a stark visual deterrent to those contemplating hard drug use.
In 2001, Portugal decriminalized all drugs. Whether pot, heroin, meth, possession of less than a 10-day supply is punished with either a fine or drug treatment. Since 2001, rates of drug use in Portugal have fallen.
Portugal treats drug addiction as a medical problem, like alcoholism, not a criminal problem. That's trying something new.
Probably won't work here in America where we are guided by a puritanical obligation to punish people.
Giving up never got anything done.
LOL! If you keep flapping your arms around, eventually you'll fly!
“Building prisons hasn’t worked. Maybe it’s time to try something different?”
It does work. If they are in prison then they aren’t breaking into your house or car.
Well, yet another reason I have taken OR off of my list of vacation locations. IIRC, just a couple weeks ago they passed some stupid law requiring all insurance plans to cover abortions.
Well said. The “law-n-order” wing of FR is gradually giving way to the idea that freedom means letting people do as the wish so long as others are not harmed. For awhile they held to the notion that others are harmed when freedom cause public resources to be consumed because of their lifestyle choices. But as you Clearly state the resources should be withdrawn instead of imposing my laws and government on the rest of us.
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