A post-mortem on Oregon’s drug decriminalization efforts

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Oregon made history in 2020 when it became the first state in the nation to decriminalize small amounts of hard drugs like cocaine, heroin and meth. But last month – the state repealed it. What happened?

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0:14.4	tackle issues like climate change. This is on point. I'm Megna Chakrabardi.
0:19.0	We start today's show with a moment from Portland, Oregon.
0:24.4	You're about to hear a scene from an excellent series of reports by Conrad Wilson of Oregon
0:29.9	Public Broadcasting.
0:31.8	He spent a lot of time with first responders to
0:34.1	witness firsthand the impact of Oregon's fentanyl crisis. The state has the worst
0:40.3	drug addiction rate in the country.
0:43.0	And a warning in this 92nd clip there is a graphic description of a drug overdose death. The call crackled in over Portland Police Sergeant Jerry Seyoda's radio.
0:57.0	It was two by cops under his command in Old Town.
1:01.0	Someone had overdosed a few blocks away.
1:03.2	About one minute later,
1:05.0	Cianne twice now.
1:05.2	About one minute later,
1:11.8	Toyota was on the scene.
1:13.0	In one fluid motion, he pressed his foot on the brake,
1:18.0	put his police cruiser into park, and unbuckled,
1:21.0	pausing for a beat to look out the passenger side window to see what he was getting
1:24.7	into, and then whispered under his breath, he's dead.
1:30.9	There was a young man displayed out on the red brick sidewalk in the middle of the afternoon.
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