What Drugs?

 

We feel very strongly both ways about possession of addictive drugs in Oregon. We decriminalized pot and then, two years ago, we decriminalized possession of everything. No surprise, addiction soared. DAMN those legal gun owners!

Then we re-programmed our marijuana tax revenue from local governments, police, and schools, the reasons they told us they needed the tax in the first place, to state “addiction services.” But didn’t they tell us that pot isn’t an addictive drug? Yes, they did.

 

Who gave them permission to do THAT? Bait-and-switch in front of our very own eyes. $300M so far for NARCAN, needles,  (NARCAN and needles for pot?) “peer support” (WTF? for pot?!) and more. Nothing pot-related and nothing for public services.

 

Oregon’s addiction policy is “You buy the dope, we’ll do the rest.”

 

NOW our legislature is debating whether to re-program some of the pot tax revenue and give it to our counties to do stuff. Roads and crime prevention, perhaps? Oh, you troglodyte. “Public health and safety measures.” That’s not what we voted for!

 

The pot industry is highly in favor. Safer streets and all, and how could you be against that? 

They service addiction, that’s why. POT IS NO LONGER AN ISSUE! 

 

"For the economic viability of counties, the businesses that operate within them and the Oregon Marijuana Account, we need to be (sic) safe and local governments need to operate effectively," say the pot people. 

Did they just figure that out? Wouldn’t a big step toward that be to enforce laws against drug possession by the people who are committing the crimes?

Isn't it their job to make us safer?

 

It’s not the pot speakers and decriminalization people who need safe streets. They’re the dope profiteers. It’s you. And me. And the people we know. We suffer the crime and abuse of drug users every day. 

Look around. Are all those people looking for addiction services? No. They’re looking for their next high. Decriminalization? They don’t care. Yesterday they were criminals, today they aren’t. Big deal, the sentence is the same. Nothing.

 

There are no responsible stewards of our money. Certainly not our goofy new governor. We’re stuck with her for four more years. Her job is not to be of service to you. Her job is to tamp down the drug fire so the state doesn’t burn down on her watch. 

If it costs a lot of your money and forfeits your safety, well, you’re nobody. She’ll spend your money the way she wants. Like redecorating the governor’s office, perhaps.