I'm mildly disappointed ballot initiatives weren't polled here (the drug decriminalisation one would be an incredibly major reform if it was approved).
Agreed...
Shrooms for Mental Health initiative will likely pass, with a Combat Vet with PTSD being the figurehead of the mvmt...
Shrooms for personal usage may well pass.... they were decriminalized in Oregon until sometime around the mid '80s from my old man memory...
Decriminalization of "hard drugs" has effectively already been happening within Oregon when it comes to personal possession of small quantities of Meth, Coke, Heroin, Acid, X, etc... and how local DA's choose to move forward on charges.
What the "decriminalization" ballot is effectively design to do, is recognize what we all know:
The overwhelming majority of those consuming hard drugs are addicts, drug addiction needs help and diversion and not a permanent criminal Felony record.
Me and my spouse are both White folks ranging from mid '40s to late '50s, and have seen a lot in life when it comes to Drug Addiction and Abuse and the scourge which disproportionately impacted communities decimated WWC parts of Downstate OR when the Timber Mills first started to shut down back in the early '90s....
Vote for decriminalization is not a vote for "Drugs being sold in State Run OLCC stores"....
So many Oregonians have seen the wreckage and decimation of an entire generation of "No Hope... no Future Oregonians" that hit the "crack-pipe" (In OR meaning dancing with Crystal Meth), but these are our Sons and Daughters, Brothers and Sisters, Aunts and Uncles, and why would we oppose treating hard drug addiction as anything other than what it is.... a medical and mental health issue where anybody who can and does need help should get it, rather than spending 5 Years "Upstate" or over in Pendleton, or any other of the Oregon Correctional Facilities (Not even touching the Federal Prison outside of Newberg)....