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Fentanyl state of emergency declared in downtown Portland, Oregon (apnews.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Several elected leaders in Oregon declared a state of emergency on Tuesday for downtown Portland over the public health and public safety crisis fueled by fentanyl.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson made the declaration for a 90-day period during which collaboration and response will come from a command center downtown. The three governments are directing their agencies to work with first responders in connecting people addicted to the synthetic opioid with resources including drug treatment programs and to crack down on drug sales.

“Our country and our state have never seen a drug this deadly addictive, and all are grappling with how to respond,” Kotek said in a statement.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Legalizing and regulating is not promoting the drug. But it means those who are addicted will be sure its clean (free of tranq) and won't need to be purchased from drug dealers. Additionally, if you're not going to be arrested for using it you will feel safer to use safe injection sites and other harm reduction resources

Any meaningful path to lowering addiction rates and getting people clean won't involve sending people to jail for possession or use

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

“Progressive” cities in the US can’t even do this for very mainstream drugs like alcohol. Literally a drug that can kill you via either overdose or withdrawal, and alcoholics are corralled into “drunk tanks” with no medical assistance.

It’s my particular rabbit hole and I’ve done the A-B tests, I am better off tapering in my home than seeking medical help. Fent users will not get any compassionate care from the gov.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like an argument for decriminalizing more than legalization.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

We did that in Oregon. So far it's being regarded as a failure.

Definitely needs to be thought through better for it to work