A new study commissioned by the CDC found no correlation between Oregon’s drug decriminalization law and rising overdose deaths. The study was published Wednesday, Sept. 27 in JAMA Psychiatry, a peer-reviewed medical journal. Researchers said after Oregon became the first state to decriminalize all drugs via Measure 110, they wanted to gauge the impact of the new policy. They looked at data spanning a year, from February 2021 to March 2022, and concluded overdose deaths...
  • NeuromancerEnglish
    1•9 months ago

    Personally I wished they had planned this better. It doesn’t seem to have been thought out well.

    I went to get a drink the other day, and an urban outdoors man was shooting up in front of the store. It is just so prevalent now and there doesn’t seem to be enough support for treatment.