legalize drugs, it'll result in fewer incarcerations, they said . . .

[WV-FAN]

. . . who'd ever have thunk it'd result in triple the OD's?

Oregon sees massive spike in overdoses one year after decriminalizing hard drugs

In 2019, the state’s deaths totalled 280. In 2021, those deaths reached a staggering 607 — a 216 percent increase from 20...

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"When the voters of Oregon passed Measure 110, we did so because it was a change of policy in Oregon to improve the lives of people, to improve our communities, and in the years since, we haven’t seen that play out. Instead, in many communities in Oregon, we’ve seen the problem with drug addiction get worse," Fagan said.

In 2019, the state’s deaths totalled 280. In 2020 that number rose to 472. And in 2021, those deaths reached a staggering 607 — a 216 percent increase from 2019.

 

[HerdandHokies]

There was a 68% increase from 2019 to 2020. There was a 26% increase from 2020 to 2021. The law went into effect in 2021. So why is the article measuring back from 2019, and not 2020?

 

[KyMUfan]

There was a 68% increase from 2019 to 2020. There was a 26% increase from 2020 to 2021. The law went into effect in 2021. So why is the article measuring back from 2019, and not 2020?

Ummm, to establish a trend. I believe gun control advocates have used similar math...😉

 

[HerdandHokies]

But if you’re going to blame the trend on the change in the law, it weakens your case to show that the trend existed prior to the law.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

It's fentanyl.

 

[ThunderCat98]

But if you’re going to blame the trend on the change in the law, it weakens your case to show that the trend existed prior to the law.

Not if it shows the law didn't help turn those numbers around.

That being said, I agree with Raoul. Fentanyl plays a huge role in those numbers. They're cutting everything with it to make [insert drug name here] more addictive

 

[HerdandHokies]

The rate of increase dropped. No clue if that’s due to the laws blunting the impact of whatever caused the increase in the first place, but the numbers don’t seem nearly as damning when you break them down correctly year over year.

 

[rvntx]

The rate of increase dropped. No clue if that’s due to the laws blunting the impact of whatever caused the increase in the first place, but the numbers don’t seem nearly as damning when you break them down correctly year over year.

 

[rvntx]

Let’s see 280 deaths in 2019, 472 in 2020, and 607 in 2021!!!!!

 

[HerdandHokies]

Let’s see 280 deaths in 2019, 472 in 2020, and 607 in 2021!!!!!

Yes, so why did we go from 280 to 472 between 2019 and 2020? The answer isn’t the new law, because it wasn’t in place yet.

 

[i am herdman]

It's fentanyl.

much of it from China coming across our southern border