To Revive Portland, Officials Seek to Recriminalize Public Drug Use - eviltoast
State and local leaders are proposing to roll back part of the nation’s pioneering drug decriminalization law and step up police enforcement.
  • Ashyr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    181·
    11 months ago

    Being able to throw undesirables in jail is the solution we all need right now! /s

    • Throwaway@lemm.eeEnglish
      511·
      11 months ago

      Sometimes theres a reason why they’re undesirable. And even if there isnt, if you want people to walk around downtown, you have make downtown not undesirable. Part of the walkable cities bit

      • Cogency@lemmy.worldEnglish
        151·
        11 months ago

        Perhaps portland shouldn’t deny housing support based just on drug use. So that they actually have a way off the streets.

      • Kolossos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        ”… some people lying motionless near the street and others exhibiting clear signs of mental illness …” Yeah, I don’t think jail or prison is the right place to get the help they need.