Their main excuse? Police were never properly trained on how to handle possession and use cases so they now want to offer immunity for a misdemeanor if you take treatment instead. If not, you get a misdemeanor and the draconian shit starts all over again. Source
Yeah, of course. Drug use has been going up in other states that didn’t go down this route. It’s a health issue, not a criminal issue, but there’s too many people that are profiting off throwing scores of people in prison.
Decriminalisation should go hand in hand with defunding police and funding housing, health and education, so of course the police isn’t going to be cooperative if you’re trying to do that.