Oregon becomes first US state to decriminalise hard drugs

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Oregon has become the first US state to decriminalise the possession of hard drugs, including cocaine and heroin.

People caught with small amounts of drugs for personal use will now have to pay a $100 (£77) fine or have a health check at an addiction-recovery centre.

Oregon also becomes the first state to legalise the therapeutic use of hallucinogenic mushrooms.
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Elsewhere, voters in Arizona, New Jersey, Montana and South Dakota passed a ballot to legalise marijuana.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54809825

[Dustlawyer]

1. Much better approach than the failed war on drugs.

Works better if the whole country had done this at the same time. It takes out the drug black market and a lot of crime!

[marble falls]

2. I've got no complaints.

[RussBLib]

3. I guess we are still a ways away from...

...recreational psilocybin use.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. Well, we may be a ways away from ...

"LEGAL" recreational psilocybin use.

[RussBLib]

6. indeed

[riversedge]

5. whow. good deal

[Judi Lynn]

7. Good for Oregon. Thank you. ⭐️

[AllaN01Bear]

8. my late mom said that the war on drugs was another war on blacks .

good on them.