Morgan Godvin, who is in recovery from heroin addiction and a commissioner on Oregon's Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission, joins CNN's Michael Smerconish to discuss the state's historic vote to decriminalize the possession and personal use of drugs.
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Alcohol kills more than all other drugs combined..🤔
So true, Michael. Alcohol is worse in some ways, than the Schedule 1 drugs listed by DEA. DEA destroys millions of lives and families ww. New ebook: 1 Pill = 28 Years, ….articulates it.
That is definitely not true. I’d like to know where you got that information.
@Sonya Weinreis I got out of my addiction by practicing a concept called “harm reduction”.
That’s different in the way in how its promoted and spread in everyone drinking alcohol. Maybe your right and legalizations not good, but there’s nothing wrong with doing things towards not contributing to & preventing problems vs responding.
And tobacco kills more people than alcohol. Remember, there was a time, in this country, when alcohol was illegal. It was not pretty. Let’s not return to Prohibition.
always said sticking a needle in your arm is not a police issue its a mental health issue.
@jellycream he told her, you can smoke it instead of using the expensive drug. Sure it is not easy (for most ppl) to inject something into yourself. Only a few (if) can keep smokin 8 and not step up to use a needle. Smoke it, is what makes the entrance easy… just karma to burn that he got killed by overdose from the friend he talked into heroin
@REAL BLACKS KNOW THE TRUTH hmm… if you treat people, they kick the addiction and stop buying drugs. Demand falls, profits fall, until the incentive of drug trafficking isn’t worth the cost and risk. When you jail someone, they get out, get high, and go back to jail in an endless cycle. So do you want to just lock them up permanently and ignore the problem of addiction? People will never stop trying to get high, you have to hit the actual source of the problem, the desire to get high. It stems from mental health issues, prescriptions that lead to addiction, and low income which often leads to crimes of desperation. It’s a multi-layered issue, and the blanket policy of locking people up has been going for decades, yet the actual problem is getting worse. Definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. Nice troll name btw…
@Recklar T That was very well stated thank you for saying that!
I haven’t seen Democrats this mad since Republicans freed their slaves
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Well treatment need to lock their azzes up and make sure they complete it.
Time to end the complete senseless war on drugs which only served on suppression and stigmatize ordinary people; it’s the rich controlling the market and they almost never go to jail.
Who would have guessed? Yet another conservative policy turned out to be completely stupid and pointless
It had a very specific point, incarcerate the poor/ target people of color, raise funds for the law and order political agenda, dismantle your rights as an individual and last but certainly not least the 13th amendment allowing a enslaved prison population to enrich the 1%
Don’t kid yourself, it was an incredibly successful policy.
The system works.
@Travis Cutler so right, but so wrong. The stuff you mentioned was the result of policies, not the intent. Turn around 3 times and look at it again.
@Troy Ryan if it failed for a decade sure maybe it was an accident but as we approach the 50 year mark for the war on drugs (Nixon) it becomes impossible to suggest it isn’t the plan.
@Troy Ryan I agree 100%. Throw them into the free world where they aren’t babied and their actions have consequences.
@Deborah Freedman SPOT ON!!! Both parties are equally guilty. The problem is, crime stats were tied to drug use, to scare the public into buying into the war on drugs. The scare tactic worked to prohibit Alcohol, and when something so commonly used, became illegal and failed so miserably at crime prevention it was reversed. You then had a whole bunch of federal cops suddenly not having a task. Harry Ashlinger the head of Alcohol Enforcement fought for a new enemy to keep them employed. They fabricated lies about drugged out 16 year olds slaughtering their families, to sell the American people a lie. Then every politician from there out, wanted to appear tougher on crime then the other, so law after law after law was created. So much so that political pressure was applied to law enforcement to show how tough they were on crime. Crime being drug use. Meanwhile, so much was dedicated to fighting drugs that crimes with actual victims started getting put on the back burner in place of Drug crimes which were easier to prove. Then you had Nixon who didn’t care if drugs were harmful or not, just wanted them illegal to go after his political opponents and their supporters. Additionally, after Jim Crow laws were found unconstitutional, they were replaced with drug laws. Then the private prison industry lobbyists got the ear of politicians to have mandatory minimums. Then asset forfeiture. It’s all been a money making and population control plot from the beginning. 100+ years of Prohibition with no proof to show it works. All for what? To make adult consumption decisions for adults? It’s reasons for policy are and have always been a corrupt lie.
Jail is not the solution for addiction
No its not
Jail time was never about addiction. The laws are based in racism, that white people get caught in.
DEA + Republicans are in the front lines destroying hundreds of thousands of families ww. New e-book: 1 Pill = 28 Years …offers details of DEA’s destructive actions in S.E. Asia.
Actually it only makes matters so much worse and recovery that much harder!!!
Well “treatment” needs to lock their azzes up to make sure they complete it.
What about releasing all the Black White and Hispanics from jail due to the “small amounts” they were jailed for?
@Nostradumbass like Trump would be about funding social services and human services needed for more treatment programs? Yeah right 👌👍
@Nostradumbass When Harris was a DA, she pushed for diversion programs. When Biden shepherded through the crime bill, the streets of all major cities were unsafe, crime rates were going through the roof. Black community leaders advocated for this bill. The results were unintended. We have never lived in a perfect world, and nobody can see the future. Don’t castigate good people for not having 20/20 hindsight.
@Deborah Freedman right, but meanwhile they never take any responsibility, and i seem to remember biden saying his was a good bill, and i care more about Harris keeping people in prison past their due time for cheap labor than any other actions she may have taken.
@Shawn M. Martin bidens 1994 crime bill is responsible for massive black incarceration. Harris has locked up thousands of black men for Marijuana, even tho she’s talked about smoking Marijuana herself.
@Adam Snider all politicians make mistakes. They have acknowledged theirs. I’m aware of this and am waiting to see what is done to rectify this.
She makes a good point the amount of money to incarcinant someone could be used for programs that help recovery
I haven’t seen Democrats this mad since Republicans freed their slaves
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Especially since nobody stops and thinks, “this is illegal, I shouldn’t do this because I’ll get in trouble…” They do it knowing it’s destroying their lives and they can’t help it. If they could they’d stop because who wants to destroy their own life?
@Loriann Richardson They made a mistake. They need to try to fix it. Homosexuality used to be considered a choice too but now people know better. They used to think black people didn’t feel pain. Now they know better. People are flawed. It’s really that simple.
Well treatment need to lock their azzes up to make sure they complete it.
@Deborah Freedman I voted yes on this measure. No to punitive punishment of jail time for addicts and yes to
To making drug rehab more easily obtainable and Oregon has done just that through marijuana taxes.
They start decriminalization because Oxycodon is consumed by whites and their own neighbourhoods are affected. What did they do during the crack epidemic – calling for harsher penalties
EXACTLY❗️HIPÓCRITAS
Exactly not a damn thing let’s see how many black men and women they let out of jail.
*That’s the god awful truth…* 😖
Exactly what Mr. Chappelle stated once the White community felt the grip of drugs it went from being a criminal issue to a health issue.
That’s how humanity works, sadly. Policies need to be free/universal, so that you reduce the number of people left behind.
Let people do their own thing and stay the hell outta other people lives. That’s the problem, everyone wants to control everyone else because they know better.
Yeah
@Heidi Pomeroy did your child recover because of being incarcerated or from treatment though? Which has really helped? When one is incarcerated they are usually exposed to more criminals and criminal activity, they really don’t work on reform or treatment when being incarcerated and a lot of people that are incarcerated just end up back in there. Where is when in a treatment program they are actually working with people to get better, treatment plans, medical help, etc. I am rather surprised that you think that jail is better for an addict than a treatment program…you might want to do some more research on incarceration especially in America…
It’s all a choice, if you choose to drink or drink & drive. You choose to take a prescribed opioid, you choose to abuse that medication, you can choose to switch to heroin. Just because you choose to live consciously by making those choices you are killing yourself. Most opioid users don’t plan to OD but their other choices are sometimes the means to their end. It’s called natural selection. There is a reason Oregon just voted to decriminalize a lot of hard drugs, because the war on drugs has taken & ruined hundreds of thousands of lives. A bunch of rightwing bull💩 just like trickle down economics and the entire trump administration. A big ole 🖕🏽to the average American.
@Heidi Pomeroy
And that’s their choice and they can live (or die) with those choices.
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People who put poison in their own body get prison; people who poison entire water bodies and air of other people get tax breaks – uncivilized and vicious society
@San Geet you don’t understand you make personal choices then you deserve the consequences that follow behind them it’s that simple
@REAL BLACKS KNOW THE TRUTH Oh now I understand, wise guy
@REAL BLACKS KNOW THE TRUTH I really think you might need to educate yourself some more on mental health issues. I am also starting to wonder if you might lack some empathy and/or following right into some stigmas just because you have been fortunate enough not to experience addiction or mental illness. So, really you don’t know what it is about. Unless you’ve been through it you really don’t understand, sorry…
@REAL BLACKS KNOW THE TRUTH Ok you realize that in Singapore the penalty for smoking marijuana is DEATH, right? It’s a capitol offense. So now tell me, do those people really deserve to die? After all, you’ve tried it – do you deserve to die for that?
Laws are man made and punishments often arbitrary. They change over time as society shifts it’s opinions. It does not fundamentally make the act more or less wrong, from a natural or biological standpoint.
I haven’t seen Democrats this mad since Republicans freed their slaves
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She said something that got my attention. If someone addicted to drugs you don’t keep putting the person in jail. The person need medical help.
The whole concept is insane. Someone’s willing to take an enormous risk of death for the drug, but they should be scared of jail? What’s next, making suicide a punishable offense?
I haven’t seen Democrats this mad since Republicans freed their slaves
quote borrowed from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jta5oytXDL4&list=UUNbIDJNNgaRrXOD7VllIMRQ&index=5 563ui3edfg
@intellact12 intellact12: Yes, that’s a joke that can easily work on people who never went to school. 🙂 Want another one? Two men walks into a bar and after thinking for a bit, the first man says “I think I’ll have a glass of H2O”. The other man nods and says, “that sounds nice, I think I’ll have a glass of H2O too.”
Well “treatment” needs to lock their azzes up to make sure they complete it.
What she is saying makes so much sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yau7tMPr89Q lets see what you think…….
@KYLE kyle She talked about Portugal, not Russia.
Nothing new.
Morgan is so brave and has been through so much. Fears of those against the Oregon measure must let go of that fear and listen: this is a well-researched supported step. Sure, it’d be easier to see addiction dynamics as easy “right vs. wrong” but it isn’t. Morgan articulates that very well here. Morgan, keep going one day at a time, in honor of your lost friend. Literally “beauty from ashes.” Peace.
I agree. And I voted in favor of the measure.
Mandatory minimums are terrifying. Anyone whose dealt with this side of the government is very aware that they are not there to help. They wanna make money
You can Thank Biden for that.
I haven’t seen Democrats this mad since Republicans freed their slaves
quote borrowed from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jta5oytXDL4&list=UUNbIDJNNgaRrXOD7VllIMRQ&index=5 65hsd4r
@Air J you from Colorado? Me too mate, and I’d have to disagree with you. Theres so many ways they make money
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Well “treatment” needs to lock their azzes up to make sure they complete it.
“They threw him into jail cell after jail cell. Only when he died the government indicate they actually valued his life”….. and then they spent almost a million dollars of the tax payers money to prosecute this young lady!!! I am so sick of this world at this point!
So let’s make heroin legal ?? Grow up
She still clearly feels so much personal guilt for what happened, when though it was an accident. She is doing a lot of good for using that anger to change laws. I’m sure her friend would be incredibly proud of her. ❤️
I haven’t seen Democrats this mad since Republicans freed their slaves
quote borrowed from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jta5oytXDL4&list=UUNbIDJNNgaRrXOD7VllIMRQ&index=5 ert5y
@REAL BLACKS KNOW THE TRUTH – Speak for urself! Besides ur username being pretentious & fallacious, ur comment is dead wrong & misrepresentative of facts. Just bc u were late to the party doesn’t mean there weren’t millions of us there getting into good trouble making it known how detrimental & racially discriminatory that 94 Crime Bill was going to be for Black people in America. As someone who’s from Biden’s state, I’ve had a front row seat to the action. If u did ur research u’d see evidence of it…from federal & state legislators ✊🏾
@REAL BLACKS KNOW THE TRUTH He’s about to be your President snowflake.
The war on drugs is a big racket, thousands of jobs reliant on keeping the most unfortunate in society in addiction not to mention the for-profit jails.
Don’t forget confiscation.
“evidence” disappears from time to time. I vaguely remember an actual case of this, can’t quote it, but essentially the police had confiscated a ton of methamphetamine and heroin, then turned around and sold it to a rival of the gang they initially busted. Was a huge deal, I can’t remember if they actually charged the cops though.
This is good, but it is kind of sad to think about how this has been affecting communities like the African American community disproportionately for decades, and people continued the war on drugs and throwing people in prison. When it started affecting white people more like with the Opioid Crisis, a different response is wanted and actually gets pushed through even in more Republican/Conservative areas that would be more likely to fear monger about marijuana.
Yep. Sad reality to witness. Being from Detroit… Heroin and Crack cocaine literally wiped out two generations from addiction and unfair prison sentencing. Glad America is finally waking up.
I agree with you 💯 percent, I grew up watching people on this drug, but now it’s affecting the white community it’s a problem
@Marquis Edwards what it is is now the *rich* people’s sons and daughters are addicted, and they therefore found their compassion. Some people can’t feel for what they personally don’t go through. Liberals were somewhat compassionate but it wasn’t in their faces; conservatives just wanted to throw people in jail to punish.
I haven’t seen Democrats this mad since Republicans freed their slaves
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quote borrowed from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jta5oytXDL4&list=UUNbIDJNNgaRrXOD7VllIMRQ&index=5
Note to self. start making white friends and immerse your problrms into there lives
Wow, she is more on point than those who are trying to “protect” the public from addiction. They should make her the head of that department. She knows what she is talking about.
You’re absolutely correct, and yes, she is head of that department.
Addiction is not a moral issue. It’s a public health issue.
It’s a bit of both. It takes someone handing the person the drugs and the person having enough courage to say no before it becomes a mental addictive disorder. Education pre exposure to drugs would be key I think.