#measure110 — Public Fediverse posts

this sucks, man.

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/08/portland-police-expect-jail-to-be-big-part-of-their-response-to-new-law-recriminalizing-drug-possession.html

> Portland Police Chief Bob Day on Friday said he expects using police to address low-level drug possession will lead to a “high likelihood” that officers will have to use force in some arrests and that intoxicated people with significant medical conditions may die in custody.

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Indeed, the most recent overdose death data from the federal Centers for Disease Control shows that over the past 12 months ending in September, reported drug overdose deaths in Washington increased faster than they did in Oregon (38.27% to 32.85%) and that the absolute number overdose deaths in Washington (3,425) was more than double the number of overdose deaths in Oregon (1,650), far greater than the difference in populations. (The CDC provided two figures: reported overdose deaths and predicted overdose deaths. The latter number attempts to account for incomplete data. By that measure, Oregon’s one-year growth would slightly exceed Washington’s: 41.55% to 41.40%.)

The comparison is noteworthy because Washington never surrendered the law-enforcement tools Oregon is now seeking to reinstate. Yet its results were the same, if not worse.

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