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From the New York Times, I'm Michael Balbaro.
This is the daily three years ago, Oregon became the first state in the country to decriminalize the possession of hard drugs.
Now they're about to reverse course.
Today, my colleague Mike Baker on what went wrong.
It's Tuesday, March 12.
Mike, I want to begin with how and why the state of Oregon ever decided to decriminalize hard drugs.
The decision that really sets this entire story into motion.
Yeah, I mean, if we go back five years ago, just before the pandemic, we can all remember the opioid crisis that was spreading across the country.
And Oregon, on its own, was really struggling.
Drug overdoses had been rising at quite an alarming rate, and the state ranked among the worst in access to drug treatment at the time.
And as we know, arrest and jail have been a central strategy to combating drugs for decades.
And for people in Oregon, they're looking around saying this has not been working.