MEDIA RECAP: The Ineffectiveness and Harms of Recriminalizing Drug Addiction

Multiple articles and experts over the past week have emphasized the racial disparities, surge of arrests, and overall ineffectiveness that will result from recriminalizing drug addiction.

Here are a few:

Underscore, “Experts Question Oregon Lawmakers’ Move to Recriminalize Drug Possession.”

OPB, “Oregon’s new drug penalties would mean surge in convictions, jail stints, state estimates suggest.”

Willamette Week, “As Oregon Lawmakers Criminalize Drugs Again, Washington Offers a Cautionary Example.”

Daily Beast, “Oregon’s Making a Terrible Mistake in Rebooting the Drug War.”

Truthout, “Outrage Erupts in Oregon as Democrats Move to Recriminalize Drugs.”

RollingStone, “Oregon Is Ready to Restart the Drug War”