Oregon regrets decriminalizing street drugs

[Dante Reawakened]

Those are called Harm Reduction Centers. They don't have any interest in reducing drug use. Just making drug use safer.

Harm Reduction has been bastardized by those who sought the funding, who themselves never really believed in the model.

I was an early proponent of it, when only a few activists were spreading the word -- 1994(?)

 

[Blues Man]

The advice was solid

Nancy Reagan was a hollywood insider and knew how drugs ruin lives

And like I said pragmatism always works better than idealism.

 

[Dante Reawakened]

Wise move.

No, you don't get it. I never trusted people who did not experiment with friends. I was always curious of how much they didn't trust their friends, themselves and wondered what so frightened them. The oevrwhelming majority of Americans have experimented. A small minority of odd fellows/gals did not.

 

[Mac-7]

And like I said pragmatism always works better than idealism.

Not getting hooked in the first place is the most pragmatic of all

 

[Blues Man]

Harm Reduction has been bastardized by those who sought the funding, who themselves never really believed in the model.

I was an early proponent of it, when only a few activists were spreading the word -- 1994(?)

I don't see why it's so hard to believe that saving a person's life from an addiction is not "evil". The longer a person stays alive the more chances he has to beat his addictions.

 

[Blues Man]

Not getting hooked in the first place is the most pragmatic of all

When you join the real world let me know.

 

[Dante Reawakened]

And like I said pragmatism always works better than idealism.

Yes. Being a pragmatic realist myself. But without idealism we are lost, stuck, doomed. Balance and that is a pragmatic realistic view I just expressed.

 

[Blues Man]

Yes. Being a pragmatic realist myself. But without idealism we are lost, stuck, doomed. Balance and that is a pragmatic realistic view I just expressed.

I disagree. Idealism is ignoring the good while wishing for the perfect.

 

[Votto]

Be careful what you wish for.

Majority of voters in progressive Oregon regret decriminalizing drugs: survey

More than 6 in 10 Oregonians said they think the legislation has made drug addiction, homelessness, and crime in the Beaver State worse.

nypost.com

The Left regrets nothing

That would imply weakness and fallibility, something their cult cannot admit too.

Putin done it.

 

[Mac-7]

No, you don't get it. I never trusted people who did not experiment with friends. I was always curious of how much they didn't trust their friends, themselves and wondered what so frightened them. The oevrwhelming majority of Americans have experimented. A small minority of odd fellows/gals did not.

Examples of fearless “experimenters” who trusted their friends

 

[Dante Reawakened]

I don't see why it's so hard to believe that saving a person's life from an addiction is not "evil". The longer a person stays alive the more chances he has to beat his addictions.

Harm reduction is far better than criminalization along with mandated programs that offer false choices and hopes for addicts.

I remember being a part of a pilot program for syringe exchange, and observing how the cjhoices for teatment we offered were not what most wanted. Most addicts suffereing do not wnat to quit using, they want the shit that comes long to go away. Harm reduction offered a better and more realistic way , and being clean was never the state goal. It was an option.

 

[Dante Reawakened]

The Left regrets nothing

That would imply weakness and fallibility, something their cult cannot admit too.

Putin done it.

MAGA regrets nothing.

 

[Dante Reawakened]

Examples of fearless “experimenters” who trusted their friends

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Not really. PEople who go overboard with experimentation are usually rebels without a clue. Like you

 

[Mac-7]

When you join the real world let me know.

You are the one living in lib la la land where using drugs is cool

 

[Dante Reawakened]

Not getting hooked in the first place is the most pragmatic of all

I bet you say that about falling in love too.

 

[Blues Man]

You are the one living in lib la la land where using drugs is cool

I never said it was cool did I?

If you are claiming I did please quote the post.

 

[Mac-7]

Not really. PEople who go overboard with experimentation are usually rebels without a clue. Like you

Druggies get high to avoid the real world

 

[Mac-7]

I bet you say that about falling in love too.

You’re really grasping at straws now

 

[Blues Man]

Druggies get high to avoid the real world

Or to cope with some pain or trauma that people like you don't understand.

 

[Mac-7]

I never said it was cool did I?

If you are claiming I did please quote the post.

You want to use drugs and allow others get high too

That sounds like your idea of cool to me