Four years ago, the state decriminalized all drugs. Now it’s trying to course-correct — and might make a mistake in the process.
  • vividspecter@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    The availability heuristic at work. Media attention (including social media) draw attention to more extreme examples of crime, and people then perceive these events as being more likely because they are more readily accessible to the mind.

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldOP
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      8 months ago

      Not just that, but the entire circuit of right wing talk radio really grew in the past couple decades. It’s a lot of fear mongering