Posted on 05/07/2023 8:42:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A town which once prided itself as being the “most hippie” in Washington has taken drastic action to outlaw drugs, after state-wide decriminalization led to spiking crime and child overdose deaths.
The proudly liberal city of 92,000 has been pushed to its limit, with the fire department responding to 223 overdoses — 2.5 calls per day — between January and April 12, according to Cascadia Daily.
Among the dead are two teenagers and a five year old, who had overdosed on fentanyl in March and was found dead by police with foam coming from her mouth. Overdoses have become so commonplace, one victim was dead for hours before anyone even noticed, accor
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Won’t get any disagreement from me!
A 5-YO’s parents are primarily responsible for that 5 YO, aren’t they? So parents began on weed and “graduated” to harder stuff. See?
Yep. I’ve been saying this for years— as soon as you legalize weed, you can’t take your kids to the park without you & your kids getting secondhand smoke in your faces.
And not just pot smoke— meth, heroin, etc.
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