This is a wild victory lap.
Step 1 - essentially legalize all drugs - overdose deaths skyrocket.
Step 2 - Criminalize illicit drugs again - overdose deaths drop by half.
Step 3 - take credit only for step 2.
As an Oregonian who has had a close friend die to an overdose
This is strictly because they legalized nearly all drugs, started supplying the paraphernalia to addicts, and stopped prosecuting the dealers of fentanyl
Then, when that blew up in their faces so badly that IT TOOK MY FRIEND and countless others, they quietly backtracked only to reemerge later with this victory lap
They should all be hanged publicly for what they did