It never ceases to amaze me how terrible news that would be shocking if it were happening anywhere else barely seems to register if it’s happening in Baltimore. Sure, Baltimore has gotten a lot of attention recently because of the bridge disaster but that mess isn’t close to being the biggest problem the city is […]
Native tribes are among those whose lands and people are suffering from the Biden border crisis, particularly from the criminal plague of Mexican drug cartels. A U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources subcommittee held a hearing April 10 titled “Biden’s Border Crisis: Examining the Impacts of International Cartels Targeting Indian Country.” At the hearing, […]
If you were to ask yourself when America has faced the very worst drug crisis in its history the answer would be right now. For the first time in U.S. history, fatal overdoses peaked above 112,000 deaths, with young people and people of color among the hardest hit. Drug policy experts, and people living with […]
It’s really happening. This week a bill aimed at rolling back Oregon’s previous decision to decriminalize drugs (known as Measure 110) is making progress through the legislature. It was passed out of committee on Tuesday. Oregon lawmakers on the joint addiction committee on Tuesday evening voted for a proposal to backtrack on Measure 110 and […]
Last month, Gov. Tina Kotek said she would accept the recommendations of a task force put in place over the summer to study how best to help Portland recover from its host of problems. The solutions recommended by the task force were really just common sense. The city would need to hire more police and […]
The cause of death for Dex Carvey, the son of comedian and actor Dana Carvey, has finally been revealed. TMZ reports that Dex, 32, died from an accidental drug overdose from a mixture of fentanyl, ketamine, and cocaine. Addiction is a serious issue in this country right now, especially when it comes to fentanyl, […]
In 2020, voters in Oregon narrowly approved a measure that would “reimagine” efforts to deal with drug addiction by decriminalizing nearly every aspect of the illicit drug trade. Resources would instead be focused on getting people into treatment and incentivizing recovery programs. The results have been nothing short of catastrophic, with junkies overdosing and in […]
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