CBS Discovers Oregon's Deadly Pro-Drug Law, Omit It's A Democrat Policy

According to the liberal media, Republicans and their heartless laws that protected unborn life were putting lives in danger. But when it came to admitting that Oregon’s drug decriminalization law had become an unmitigated and deadly disaster, Wednesday’s CBS Mornings was noticeably mute on casting blame on the party that controlled all aspects of the state government: Democrats. And even while admitting that the law had caused overdoses and deaths to skyrocket, CBS was still trying to defend the law. “The state of Oregon could soon be under a statewide fentanyl emergency as overdoses there soar of record levels,” warned co-anchor Vladimir Duthiers. “Oregon saw the sharpest increase in overdose deaths from synthetic opioids in the U.S.” following the enactment of Measure 110 in 2020, which “decriminalized” many drugs, including hard narcotics.

CBS correspondent Adam Yamaguchi was on the ground in Portland, Oregon and painted an apocalyptic scene: “Block after block, foil, syringes, and used Narcan canisters litter the streets. The sight of open fentanyl use is inescapable.” (…)

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