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This Is a Very Weird Moment in the History of Drug Laws
The war on drugs failed, but decriminalization is facing its own backlash. What’s next?
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EZRA KLEIN: From New York Times Opinion, this is “The Ezra Klein Show.”
In 2020, voters in Oregon passed a ballot measure, a drug reform policy, that was beyond what I ever thought would pass in any state in America.
^ARCHIVED RECORDING 1^: Overnight, Oregon became the first state in the country to decriminalize most street drugs.
^ARCHIVED RECORDING 2^: Even drugs like cocaine, heroin, meth, and oxycodone.
^ARCHIVED RECORDING 3^: It’s a sea change. Measure 110, which was passed by 58 percent of Oregon voters, treats active drug users as potential patients rather than criminals.
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Source: Elections - nytimes.com
