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End the Drug War in Oregon, Both State and Federal

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MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2024
There is a natural obstacle to progress in abstract thought, which has often delayed rational inquiry; an erroneous concept or theory may be expressed in terms which embody the error, so that thinking is blocked until the misleading words are discarded from the given context.
– Isabel Paterson

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
April 15, 2024
End the Drug War in Oregon, Both State and Federal
Three years ago, in a citizen’s initiation approved by 3/4 of voters, Oregon decriminalized the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs. Last month, the Oregon governor signed into law a measure that undid what the people of Oregon had decided. The reason for this change in direction was that there were severe problems that arose with decriminalization. Two of the biggest problems …
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