Hospital - people will move there for a perceived openness to alternative drug therapy (however you want to interpret that), perceived safety nets including addiction treatment advantages.

Suffering from addiction - friend, I came of age in the nineties, and had friends hooked on everything you can imagine back then (and did my share). I’ve had friends die from and survive overdoses. I’ve done CPR on a man dying from an OD in a public restroom within the last three years (who lived, incidentally). The last close friend that died from an overdose was only about five years ago - a highly functional businesswoman. I’ll tell you this, a lot of people suffering from addiction don’t know or care that they have an addiction. Not every drug user thinks themselves a victim - in fact those that do, IME, are the exception, not the rule, but I’m sure that varies with time and place. Will those people that do move to Oregon? Probably not, but I’ve known a lot of personalities that would travel there for the fun of it, and wouldn’t be surprised if more than a few die there too.

I perceive by your comments that you feel very earnestly about the upside in this policy. I have no dog in the fight, and respect your hopefulness.