How Drugs Turned Portland Into a ‘Demonic Hellhole’
17th December 2023
In November 2020, Oregon passed Measure 110, decriminalizing non-commercial drug possession. The state also significantly increased funding for recovery and harm reduction programs. It sounded like a great plan to voters, so it passed with 60 percent approval.
What has occurred though over the last three years is nothing short of tragic. When Measure 110 passed, fentanyl was starting to take over our streets. For homeless addicts it began as a general curiosity, which quickly devolved into the widespread use of the deadliest drug in history. Fentanyl is fifty times stronger than heroin, and with two major competing cartels (China and Mexico), the price has now dropped to an all-time low. Three years ago, a blue fentanyl pill cost about $6-7. That has now dropped to $1-2. Due to its addictive properties, low cost, and the fact that almost all other street drugs are laced with it, nearly all street-level addicts are using fentanyl — whether they want to or not. This is what has turned the city of Portland into the largest open-air drug zone in state history.
As for the promised recovery programs, it took thirty-four months for the first medical detox facility to open with Measure 110 money, and in that time, we have had a record number of overdoses and deaths that have increased each year since the measure passed.
Think of it as evolution in action. Natural selection works whether you want it to or not.
December 17th, 2023 at 09:20
Fentanyl is starting to get drug users off the streets…and into coffins. If people are dumb enough to use this stuff, they’re probably too stupid to be able to contribute to society.