Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz, hailed Oregon’s passage of a 2020 ballot measure that decriminalized hard drugs, including heroin.
Oregonians for decriminalizing the drugs weeks after the measure’s passage in November 2020. His comments came during a Facebook live session with Robert Seda-Schreiber, the Chief Activist of Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice. Fetterman said:
I applaud Oregon for the step they took this last election, you know, decriminalizing small amounts of drugs and realizing that you can’t arrest your way out of addiction. And if you criminalize addiction, you have what we have, and that is one of the core tenants of mass incarceration.John is an outspoken advocate for weed legalization and has always believed we should not be criminalizing addiction, but he does not support decriminalizing all drugs includingin Pennsylvania.
Contrary to what the Fetterman campaign now says, the Democrat previously stated in 2018 that he supports “decriminalization across the board,” as Breitbart News“I’m pro legalizing marijuana, but I go even further than some of my colleagues because I’m for decriminalizing across the board. I see it as a public-health issue, not a criminal issue,” Fetterman stated. “I’ve seen firsthand for the last 14 years the effects it has on families, I’ve seen people overdosing.
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