Drug offense arrests have plunged 85% from 137,054 in 2014 to 20,574 in 2022, according to data from the California Department of Justice. While drug overdose deaths have more than doubled from 4,519 in 2014 to 10,410 in 2022, according to data from the California Department of Public Health.
Enlightening, perhaps, are the overdose death rates in two states with very different approaches to drug criminalization California and Texas. They're the largest states in America, population-wise. Both border Mexico...
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