Should Class A drugs be legalised in UK

Didn't Oregon try this 4 years ago and it was a massive failure, so now it's reversed ?

Three years into Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization, the state is reversing course. After seeing increasing overdose deaths, rampant homelessness, and open-air drug dens, state legislators swiftly passed a bipartisan overhaul of Measure 110 in under a month this year, reinstituting penalties for possession of hard drugs. Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek signed it into law on April 1, and it will take effect September 1.

“Oregon is a lesson in what not to do,” Olson said. “I think that most states understand this, and they probably understood it long ago, which is why Oregon is the only state to have engaged in this fatal experiment.”


 
Didn't Oregon try this 4 years ago and it was a massive failure, so now it's reversed ?

Three years into Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization, the state is reversing course. After seeing increasing overdose deaths, rampant homelessness, and open-air drug dens, state legislators swiftly passed a bipartisan overhaul of Measure 110 in under a month this year, reinstituting penalties for possession of hard drugs. Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek signed it into law on April 1, and it will take effect September 1.

“Oregon is a lesson in what not to do,” Olson said. “I think that most states understand this, and they probably understood it long ago, which is why Oregon is the only state to have engaged in this fatal experiment.”


I feel like the US has a habit of doing things badly though, because they never invest in the accompanying support structures. The idea behind decriminalization is that it switches users from criminals to patients. How is that supposed to work in a country where huge numbers of people (especially the sort of people who become drug addicts) don't have access to that medical treatment that doesn't bankrupt them? The article mentions George Soros funding some of the treatment centres. Is that really the way to run an effective policy? To rely on voluntary handouts from a billionaire?

Portugal seems to be the model. And it's worth mentioning that recreational use of marijuana is still illegal there.
 

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