#legal in oregon

[breadclubrising]

one time @leaveharmony and i were at a njpw show and talking to some japanese fans who had made the trip here, and i breezily referred to okada as 'kazuchika', like just his given name, and these girls audibly gasped.

i knew even then that it is overly familiar and a bit flippant, like i would never say it to him, obvs. but i was not, in the moment, considering the impact it would have on japanese ears to even hear it uttered.

perhaps, on the flip side of this story, somewhere in japan, there lives an 'astoundingly crude american' story that is about me, and i think that's beautiful.

#sry maki chan :/ #sorry for my stoner wrestling memories #i usually delete them once i'm not high anymore ha #legal in oregon

[hypn0sssss]

Inspired by @kairithemang0 :)

#gonna ramble a bit before I tag them all #i could've put all of the Hatchetfield series but decided to stick to just one #I don't really talk about Newsies much on this page but I've loved it for years #i think I have Urinetown bias because (as of currently) it is the only show I've been in #i LOVE Legally Blonde y'all don't understand it's so good #it's my dream show to be in #anyways #newsies musical #be more chill #legally blonde the musical #death note musical #the guy who didn't like musicals #ride the cyclone #spies are forever #Urinetown #trail to oregon #heathers #mean girls the musical #six #misc musicals

[crimeronan]

blacked out some location information but . portland truly is the funniest city in the US.

#what a blessing to live in a place where you can be 100% confident people would rather hear 'i just illegally smoked a fat blunt' than 'i #have covid'. i'm still fucking laugbing #(smoking weed is legal here but not when youre at a train station. GOD) #travels #oregon

[come-see-our-show]

Introducing…

MUSICAL MARCH MADNESS!!!

These are my top 16 favorite musicals, and I was really curious to see how you guys would rank all of them (Note: We are ranking the STAGE musicals, not the movies. If we were considering film adaptions, we would have West Side Story, Hairspray, Mamma Mia, and Tick Tick Boom. LOVE the movies, not the stage shows. This can be any production). Each round will last 1 week. Please don’t just vote, but reblog too!

Round 1:

Fiddler on the Roof vs. Cabaret

Company vs. Pippin

Falsettos vs. RENT

In the Heights vs. Spring Awakening

Legally Blonde vs. Next to Normal

Matilda vs. Come From Away

Twisted vs. The Trail to Oregon!

The Band’s Visit vs. SIX

#summer says stuff #musical march madness #fiddler on the roof #cabaret #company #pippin #falsettos #rent #in the heights #spring awakening #legally blonde the musical #next to normal #matilda the musical #come from away #twisted: the untold story of a royal vizier #the trail to oregon #the band’s visit #six the musical

[sailermoon]

the way so many parts of this city smell like weed despite it being largely illegal here. the human spirit is unbreakable

#just make it legal already everyone’s driving to Oregon anyways -_-

[thistaleisabloodyone]

-sees a song called Colorado-

-skeptical, but let's see how it goes-

"My life might be better in Colorado, [...] sitting around getting high"

-snaps fingers- There it is! Because if it's a song about Colorado, you gotta mention getting high

#thistale rambles #there is more to this state than the fact we legalized weed #no one sings songs about oregon like 'oh i wanna get high' #or washington or california or dc or vermont #or any other state that has legalized weed because there's a fuckton of them

[jackyjackdraws]

Just Married!

Yup! It's their wedding anniversary! Only a week and a half before the events of the show

The 22nd of May!

It's been almost ten years since their anniversary and their relationship is still as healthy and as strong as it used to be back then

#gravity falls #Mystery Husbands AU #stanley pines #Kevin Griffith #KevinStan #They both had nobody but themselves #And now they were one thing #How poetic #And I know that in Oregon Marriage was legalized in 2014 #but c'mon #This is like nitpicking at his finest

[briarpatch-kids]

Sometimes I forget that not everyone knows how bonkers Idaho politics are. It's still very much the Wild West out here, except even the Wild West had safer gun laws.

#i dont think you could take guns into bars back then but literally anyone could be conceal carrying legally at pretty much any time now #our lieutenant governor basically tried to invade mexico when the governor went on a business trip #and shes a militia member who swore in other militia members into the militia on the capitol steps #they're trying to annex parts of oregon and washington #the bird sanctuary militia takeover guy is running for governor #im considering loudly protesting outside his mcmansion home about it because thats a protected right #but i have to face proud boys on horseback if i ever want to protest a leftist cause #we had a gay witch hunt that shares a name with a house flipping tv show

[nymzi]

#me #mine #stoner #dabs #dab #dab rig #wax #sugar wax #smokin #legal marijuana #I’m in Oregon I swear #legal state #legal

[capsrcool]

#birthday dump #Portland Oregon is dry but weeds legal and it’s pretty #me #personal

[cptsdceliac]

West Coast Offense

The West Coast Offense is the agreement between Jay Inslee (WA Gov), Kate Brown (OR Gov), and Gavin Newsom (CA Gov), that the west coast will protect the right to abortion.

They have written and signed the Multi-State Commitment to Reproductive Freedom, which says that Washington, Oregon, and California will defend access to reproductive healthcare by:

Protecting those receiving abortions and other reproductive healthcare, those who help others in receiving an abortion and other reproductive healthcare, and medical professionals who perform abortions and other reproductive healthcare in WA, OR, and CA.

Protects against judicial and local law enforcement cooperation with out-of-state investigations about those who might've received an abortion or other reproductive healthcare in WA, OR, and CA.

Refuse to hand over people from the west coast for receiving an abortion or other reproductive healthcare, for helping others receive an abortion or other reproductive healthcare, or for providing legal reproductive healthcare services in WA, OR, and CA.

Protects against the misuse of medical records to target those who have received an abortion or other reproductive healthcare, those who help others receive and abortion or other reproductive healthcare, and medical professionals who perform abortions or other reproductive healthcare in WA, OR, and CA

Protect against adverse actions by personal or professional liability insurers against those who helped an out-of-state person in receiving an abortion or other reproductive healthcare in WA, OR, and CA.

Defend and protect medical professionals in continuing to provide reproductive healthcare, by supporting legislative and executive actions to protect medical professionals from adverse actions by licensing boards and liability insurers when the claims are based on laws in other states.

Promote greater access to abortion care services, by expanding access to medication abortions, removing barriers to telehealth for reproductive healthcare, and grow the pool of qualified practitioners who may provide abortions and other reproductive healthcare.

Defend against false and misleading reproductive healthcare information.

Signed June 24th 2022

Gavin Newsom (CA Gov) has already signed a bill that would protect individuals that receive, seek, perform, induces, aids or abets an abortion from other state laws, by:

NOT allowing CA to apply laws of another state that allows individuals to bring civil action against anyone who receives, seeks, performs, induces, aids or abets an abortion or anyone who attempts to, and

NOT allowing CA to enforce or satisfy a civil judgement received through an adjudication under a law from another state that that allows individuals to bring civil action against anyone who receives, seeks, performs, induces, aids or abets to an abortion or anyone who attempts to.

BUT this bill will ONLY go into effect if it's passed by voters in November!

VOTE. VOTE. VOTE.

And also keep these Govs accountable to their promises!!!

#west coast offense #west coast #washington #oregon #california #reproductive freedom #abortion #abortion is a human right #abortion is healthcare #healthcare #pro choice #roe v casey #roe v wade #abortion rights #keep abortion legal #abortion access #vote #november

[breadclubrising]

how are you not yelling about golden lovers reuinion are you okay?????

bless you anon; i am deeply humbled that anyone thought 'yo where is rachel breadclub in all this'. all of these are true:

tumblr answer: i am both yelling and vibrating constantly in real life and it is pretty hard to type

honest answer: i'm not as okay as i'd like to be (who is?) but i'm probably going to tell my therapist about the golden lovers tomorrow

truest answer: it still doesn't feel real to me. i'm not saying 'it doesn't feel real yet' in the sense of being overjoyed--i'm not overjoyed, or underjoyed, or excited, or indifferent, or anything. i'm saying it still hasn't sunken in; it feels like something that doesn't belong in this bleak timeline. ibushi was at gcw this year for mania weekend, but for real-real ibushi back in front of a big crowd for the first time since october 2021 and a golden lovers reunion is just incomprehensible to my poor shriveled heart.

it probably won't feel real until it's actually happening. until then here's the best i can do for yelling at the moment: there are very few things in life right now that i feel optimistic about, but i am optimistic that when i see him/them tomorrow, my heart will be flooded with goodfeels 🥰.

#perhaps it just sounds like i am describing the emotion 'excitement' but it's very different in my mind #i've contacted several people privately to yell #legal in oregon #golden lovers #kota ibushi #well you asked

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

In 2020, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize possession of all drugs for personal use. The following year, New York, Virginia and other states began exploring the idea, and now legislators in Massachusetts have expressed interest in researching the effects of such a proposal, although a final law is unlikely to materialize.

Senate bill 1277 and House bill 2119 were both introduced in 2021 and received a recent stamp of approval from the state’s Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use, and Recovery in June. This gave the go-ahead for these bills to be passed onto the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing. 

The combined bills make up an “An Act relative to harm reduction and racial equality.” The Health Care Financing Committee has since referred it to a study order, allowing for more research to be conducted on the measure. A narrative report will ultimately be filed based on these findings. 

However, the vast majority of bills sent to a study order do not progress further, and one of the bills’ sponsors, Sen. Julian Cyr (D) expressed doubt about its future.

Regardless, the fact that the bills have progressed this far mark one more step forward for advocates who say decriminalizing all drugs will lead to lower incarceration rates and help reverse some of the long-standing negative effects of President Nixon’s War on Drugs.

In 2001, Portugal instituted a decriminalization policy for small amounts of drug possession and use that has served as a model for similar proposals in the United States. A 2015 report from the Drug Policy Alliance found “After nearly a decade and a half, Portugal has experienced no major increases in drug use. Yet it has seen reduced rates of problematic and adolescent drug use, fewer people arrested and incarcerated for drugs, reduced incidence of HIV/AIDS, reduced drug induced deaths, and a significant increase in the number of people receiving treatment.”

The alliance also backed successful decriminalization efforts in Oregon.

Alongside the policy, Portuguese officials worked to expand treatment and harm reduction services, including improving access to sterile syringes and medication-assisted therapies.

In Oregon, the effects of the policy have been mixed. The bill was originally designed to use the money saved from decriminalization efforts to fund addiction recovery centers. But so far only 1% of those who received citations for possession asked for help via a hotline. Proponents of the measure point to the millions of dollars that have been directed toward treatment facilities.

Since the law took effect in February 2021, emergency room visits for opioid overdoses have increased, with some attributing this rise to the heightened presence of opioids in the community.

Portugal’s approach to promoting and enrolling drug users in treatment programs are also stricter than those enforced in Oregon.

#us politics #news #the hill #changing america #massachusetts #oregon #legalize drugs #decriminalization #decriminalize drugs #Senate bill 1277 #House bill 2119 #Joint Committee on Mental Health Substance Use and Recovery #Joint Committee on Health Care Financing #Health Care Financing Committee #Julian Cyr #Portugal #south america #Drug Policy Alliance #war on drugs #drug usage #recovery #incarceration #drug deaths #drug rehab #addiction rehab #2022

[crimeronan]

..yk i had assumed kitkat Was your birth name

HAHAHA. no kitkat is my chosen name. but it IS derived from my birth name, which is katherine.

#only 85 kitkats in the world apparently! but i'm assuming that means with the name on your birth certificate/legal govt documentation #kitkat was my name online from age ten onward bc of the importance of not putting full names online #and i like. became who i am because of my online social life. so #when i moved to oregon it just became my name. it's how all my neighbors and irl friends know me #it surprised people on nextdoor to learn it wasn't my birth name either. they were like oh i assumed your parents were just hippies #replies

[fruitjuicedrinker]

.

#ultimately #glad i live in oregon glad i got my abortion before this went down #glad i have a 7 yr iud just in case #it will be ok for me but like. civil rights in this country are about to be FUCKED big time #this is going to be hell for like lawrence garner and obergefell lol #alito is such a BAD WRITER roberts should’ve nutted up and voted w his party so he could write it lol #but like alito is writing it bc he’s the 2nd most insane guy on the court so they want his fucking crazy opinion #to mold conservative legal thought for the next however fucking many years #idk. this sucks.

[jamesgierach]

WHY OREGON’S DRUG-DECRIMINALIZATION EXPERIMENT FAILED

by James E. Gierach

Drug decriminalization failed in Oregon, prompting Gov. Tina Kotek to sign HB 4002 re-criminalizing drugs. Oregon’s drug policy reform failure disappointed many hopeful people.

In my opinion, the reform failed because drug decriminalization failed to address many obvious drug-prohibition crises that prompted the experiment. Conceptually, legislators tried to use decriminalization Measure 110 to shift drug possession, use and sale from the criminal side of the ledger to the health-based side of the ledger. It was hoped that incentivizing treatment and greasing the skids leading to rehabilitation with drug-decriminalization legislation would reduce overdose deaths and drug use. It did neither.

Neither the criminalization nor decriminalization of drugs can dissuade people from experimenting with drugs, using drugs, or quitting drug use. People have always used intoxicating and mind-altering substances, and they always will. It’s part of human nature, unchangeable by legislative act or governor’s signature.

What legislative and executive branch government can do, but has not done, is regulate the manufacture, production, inspection, distribution and sale of mind-altering substances. Drug-labeling, licensing of drug-premises and drug-potency limits can immediately prevent accidental overdose and death. Immediately, with government regaining control over the annual, $500 billion illegal drug trade, fentanyl deaths and overdose cases would plummet. Immediately, drugs stamped with “government inspected” labels would enlist the help of those persons best positioned to prevent drug overdose—drug users. Immediately, in a legalized drug but public, drug-consumption-regulated environment, that obnoxious behavior would significantly reduce.

Oregon’s drug decriminalization law failed to do any of those things.

Before decriminalization, Oregon offered drug users no place to buy legal, regulated, labeled, government-inspected drugs. After decriminalization, the same. The same black-market sources that supplied drugs before the decriminalization experiment continued to supply them after Measure 110 reform.

Repetitive news of drug overdose, public intoxication, petty theft, shootings, gangs, guns, new drugs and precursors, fentanyl, and vagrant immigrants fleeing other drug-prohibition countries and its consequential conditions of violence and corruption—all these realities catch the eye of Americans and Oregonians. These very visible crises—the product and inevitable side effects of drug prohibition intolerance and policies—cannot be solved by enactment of weak-kneed, half-measured drug decriminalization in Oregon, or anywhere else.

On the good side, yes, drug decriminalization can prevent further expansive of the prison-industrial complex in American and Oregon. However, drug users and drug sellers comprise a very unsympathetic segment of our society, and incarceration and its effect on families and communities passes largely unnoticed by most Americans and Oregonians.

In contrast, the counterintuitive, unpopular answer to all these crises is the legalization of all commonly used drugs. Change the economics of the $500 billion a year, global drug economy. Change it in Oregon. Change it in America. Change it globally. Reform drug policy as America once reformed alcohol policy to stop violence, corruption and unnecessarily dangerous prohibited alcohol sold by the likes of Al Capone and his gang.

Addiction and substance abuse will not disappear with drug legalization, but both are more manageable out of the closet. More importantly, full-strength drug legalization can dramatically resolve Oregonian, American and international collateral drug prohibition crises.

James E. Gierach is a former Cook County assistant state’s attorney, former director and speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), an international nonprofit organization, and author of “The Silver Bullet Solution: Is it time to end the War on Drugs?” (Gaudium, 2023.)

[This commentary sent to the Oregonian on April 6, 2024. No publication, no response.]

#drug legalization #drugprohibition #drug policy #overdose #oregon #LEAP #drug decriminalization #harm reduction #fentanyl #UNODC #cnd