Overdose deaths did go up in Oregon after drug decriminalisation, but they were already increasing, as they were in nearby states.
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Does the success of this single issue minor party mean that Australians are finally ready to ‘legalise it’?
Decriminalisation of illicit drugs is the natural conclusion to decades of research on drug-related harms.
Possessing heroin, cocaine, meth and other drugs for personal use is no longer a criminal offense in Oregon. The idea is to get people with problem drug use help, not punishment.
Drug users are already among the most marginalized and stigmatized populations in times without a pandemic. Unless we decriminalize drug use, once again they will bear the brunt of another deadly disease.
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Program Cooridnator with Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs., Dalhousie University
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Professor, Sociology Department, Oregon State University
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Professor, Sociology Department, Washington State University
