In 2020, motivated to try a different way to combat drug use, Oregon voted to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of hard drugs including fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine.
Things didn’t turn out as planned.
Mike Baker, a national reporter for The Times, explains what went wrong.
Guest: Mike Baker, a national reporter for The New York Times.
Background reading:
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
‘The Run-Up’: The Republican Party Sorts Through Its Mess
The Outsourcing of America’s Border Problem
America Has a Problem in Africa: China
What It Was Like at Donald Trump’s Arraignment
The Election That Could Reshape Wisconsin, and the Country
Fear and Bravado: Inside Trump’s Reaction to the Indictment
The Sunday Read: ‘A Sandwich Shop, a Tent City and an American Crisis'
The Indictment of Donald Trump
The Plan to Save Baseball From Boredom
Israel’s Far Right Government Backs Down
The Fight Over ‘Cop City’
A Sweeping Plan to Protect Kids From Social Media
The Sunday Read: ‘How Danhausen Became Professional Wrestling’s Strangest Star’
Should The Government Pay for Your Bad Climate Decisions?
Our Film Critic on Why He’s Done With the Movies
Barney Frank on His Role in the Banking Crisis
China, Russia and the Risk of a New Cold War
How TikTok Became a Matter of National Security
The Sunday Read: ‘Spirited Away to Miyazaki Land’
Why the Banking Crisis Isn’t Over Yet
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Up First from NPR
The Ezra Klein Show
Today, Explained
Consider This from NPR
Full Story