The Oregon Problem

Tags: Health, Libertarianism, U.S. Economy

12/09/2023 Mark Thornton

The Wall Street Journal reported last month that the ballot initiative to decriminalize all drugs in the state of Oregon is failing, and that efforts are underway to recriminalize hard drugs. Mark points out that decriminalizing drug possession does nothing to improve black market production of drugs, which makes drugs much more dangerous to consume. More importantly, it is Oregon’s socialist ideology that coddles homelessness and open hard drug use that is the real problem for the good citizens of the state—and is not helping the drug addicts either. The solution is for society—the nexus of private property owners—to reassert its will.

See also “Welcome to Needle Park” by Mark Thornton: Mises.org/Minor48_A

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