On Sept. 1, Oregon began to restore some “criminal penalties” on categories of Schedule 1 personal drug possession. The word “criminal penalties,” is put into quotes, because the penalties are ridiculous and minimal.
But the real news is that Measure 110—which was implemented in February 2021, making Oregon the first state to decriminalize fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamines for personal use (a measure pushed by George Soros’s Drug Policy Alliance, the City of London and Wall Street banks, Facebook magnate Zuckerberg, and others)—produced an epidemic of deaths from drug overdoses, whose spread in Oregon and in its leading city, Portland, became frighteningly obvious to all whose minds had not been destroyed by drugs.
The condensed background is this: A group of hard-core drug legalizers put Measure 110 on the ballot for November 2020. At its core, it reduced possession of certain drugs to a non-criminal violation on par with a traffic offense. People with “small amounts” of drugs—heroin, methadone, oxycodone, cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, LSD, psilocybin—would get a ticket and face a $100 fine, or have the option of being screened for a substance abuse disorder. “Small amount” means 1 gram: However, 1 gram of heroin can be enough to cause slow and shallow breathing, convulsions, coma, and even death.
George Soros’s menticidal Open Society website reports that the Open Society Foundations nationally “invested more than $300 million” into “drug reform.” The chairman of the Open Society Foundations is Alexander Soros, George’s son. The Feb. 22, 2023 Oregonian reports that the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance, financed by Soros, gave “$3.3 million to the [Measure 110] decriminalization effort.” Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, gave $500,000. The pro-decrim proponents had $4.2 million, far more than its opponents, who had raised only $55,800. With heavy propaganda, 58% of the population voted yes to legalization.
The effect: In only two years—between 2020 and 2022—Oregon overdose deaths rose by 75%, compared to an already astonishing 18% nationally. In this period, opioid-involved overdoses increased by 101%; methamphetamine-involved deaths increased by 112%. In 2022, some 40% of Oregon overdose deaths involved use of an opioid and a stimulant. The use of two substances is alarming, because Narcan, the widely available on-the-spot treatment, cannot reverse overdose deaths that are co-induced by non-opioid substances. Opioid deaths in Oregon, between 2019 and 2023, rose fivefold, from 280 to 1,392. This would skyrocket even more if use stayed on this trajectory. There were dead bodies in alleys, while addicts openly sat on sidewalks using aluminum foil to measure out their drugs, and in some cases, also to openly apply syringes. Crime rose rapidly.
A bill was introduced and passed the Oregon legislature that introduced “recriminalization.” The new law shows the same pro-drug bias as Measure 110, while representing some ostensible moderation. The use of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine should be fully reclassified to Schedule 1, with appropriate penalties.
But that doesn’t address the problem. Oregon is not a major manufacturing state, but over the last 20 years, its manufacturing workforce has dropped from 232,000 to 192,000. The culture of America has shifted from limited displays of beauty and the optimism that comes with economic and scientific progress, to ugliness, depravity, and despair as the nation’s economy continues to decline. The City of London and Wall Street financiers operate a pipeline to supply drugs and launder the money. That’s where the attack should take place. Otherwise, the Oregon experiment, under a pro-cannabis decriminalization Kamala Harris administration, or perhaps a Trump administration, could become a national reality.
