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Originally Posted by turtle
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Wow.
That was weird enough that I had to read further into it! Though "faith, family, and self-reliance" are listed first as their reasons on their website, the actual motivation is usually a few levels deeper, and I think I found it:
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5. PUSHES OREGON LAW FARTHER AWAY from Idaho’s population centers: In 2020 Oregon decriminalized hard drugs, making hard drugs easily available to residents of Treasure Valley. Moving the Oregon/Idaho state line further away from Idaho population centers will reduce the ease of access and convenience of these dangerous products to those who might be tempted by them.
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There we go. Gotta feed Idaho's for-profit prison system which, by idaho.gov's own
documentation, imprisons
a whole third of its inmate population due to drug-related charges.