A new study shows that overdoses in the Pacific Northwest have increased despite decriminalization laws, not because of them.

“There’s always the hope that states function as laboratories of democracy, and when one state does something that makes sense and seems to work, that other states will adopt it,” says Davis. “Arrests went way down, overdoses didn’t change: To me, that’s an improvement over the previously existing system.”

  • Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I’d argue that exponential drug problems are a symptom of much larger social and economic problems. Look at alcoholism rates in impoverished areas.