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I wanted to share my most recent essay published today in The Wall Street Journal titled “Addiction Treatment Can Work Even When It’s Not Voluntary ([link removed]) .” This piece is co-authored by my friend Dr. Sally Satel, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and medical director of a methadone clinic in DC. In the essay, we highlight the failures of Measure 110 in Oregon and the importance of all forms of treatment, including compulsory treatment.
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“In 2020 Oregon voters approved Measure 110, the nation’s first law decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs, including fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamines. Under Measure 110, people cited for drug possession had the option of paying a $100 fine or calling a hotline for treatment. Oregon committed marijuana tax revenue to addiction and recovery services, but in the first year after decriminalization, only 136 people in the state chose to enter treatment. Instead, the state saw a proliferation of open-air drug markets and a rise in crime, homelessness and overdoses.
“A public backlash ensued, and last summer a poll of 1,000 registered voters found that two-thirds wanted a major change in the law. A campaign to ‘fix and improve’ Measure 110 has proposed to recriminalize the possession of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine, prohibit the use of these drugs in public, and make drug treatment mandatory.
“Popular opinion holds that an addict cannot be helped until he or she wants to quit, and there is overwhelming agreement among experts that it is preferable for people to choose to enter care rather than be forced into it. But research has borne out the conclusion of a 1990 Institute of Medicine report that ‘criminal justice pressure does not seem to vitiate treatment effectiveness, and it probably improves retention.’”
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