Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs. It Isn’t Working.
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I've said this before, but the Mad Scientist in me wants to decriminalize hard drugs and then promptly flood the streets with them. Like, complete fucking saturation. Lethal doses of your poison for pennies.
And then just... let the problems resolve themselves.
Sadly, I'd also have to completely revoke any and all medical care for said drug addicts. You overdosed? To bad, so sad. Please crawl into this conveyor so we can shove your corpse into the incinerator.
So this'll never happen until I become dictator for life. Pity.
Revoking medical care for ODs would be fine. Caveat emptor.
I favor across-the-board legalization, ending the doctor/patient prescription ritual, making all drugs available OTC to adults 18 and older.
This would need to be accompanied by an escalation in penalties for public intoxication and illegal trafficking--5 years w/no parole for the former and 20-to-life w/no parole for the latter. And no advertisement.