Evening Edition: Oregon Could Cut Addiction Services After Drug Decriminalization

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🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Lawmakers in Oregon are considering taking away millions of dollars allocated to addiction programs after voters decriminalized possession of all drugs. The debate is where the funds should now be used but opponents say that with skyrocketing opioid overdoses, it is not the time. FOX's John Saucier speaks with FOX's Hannah Lambert about the debate and reaction to the proposal. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.9	I'm Brian Kilmeade, and this is The Fox News rundown.
0:21.1	Tuesday, February 7th, 2023.
0:27.3	I'm John Salsier.
0:29.1	What happens when you decriminalize hard drugs?
0:31.7	We have some answers now.
0:32.7	A few months after the state of Oregon passed measure 1-10, which does decriminalize small
0:37.5	amounts of cocaine, heroin, LSD, and even meth.
0:41.3	Tax money from legalized marijuana sales supposed to be going towards treating addiction, but
0:45.9	it doesn't seem to be playing out that way.
0:47.7	We're still seeing a lack of treatment beds and detox facilities, especially in the city
0:52.3	of Portland where people are being turned away because there's not enough room for them.
0:56.6	This is The Fox News rundown.
0:58.5	Evening Edition.
1:19.2	The best place in America to be a drug addict these days might be Portland, Oregon.
1:24.3	The state has taken a radical new approach and how it deals with the addiction and overdose
1:28.6	crisis, but it seems like politics are getting in the way of what many were hoping would be
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