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Oregon's monthly home drug lab seizures dropped from 41 to nine after the restrictions were put in place, [33] but the drug is still available, coming from Mexican labs and from other states. Meth-related deaths decreased for the first time since 2001, when 2007 deaths declined 21% from 2006 deaths.
Oregon is experiencing one of the largest spikes in drug overdose deaths, and a 2023 audit report said the state has the second-highest rate of substance use disorder in the nation while also ...
The most noteworthy example is Portugal, where drug-related deaths have plummeted in the 20-plus years since the country stopped criminally punishing drug users. Oregon, however, saw overdose ...
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed legislation on Monday re-criminalizing the possession of certain drugs roughly three years after the state became the first in the nation to decriminalize the ...
The Drug Policy Alliance, a New York-based non-profit organization was behind the measure [4] and the measure also received financial support from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative. [5] The new law aimed to reverse racial disparities in policing, and was projected to reduce black arrests by 94%. [6] The new law came into effect on February 1, 2021 ...
Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The Democratic ...
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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek on Friday vowed to sign into law a bill that recriminalizes drug use, more than three years after voters approved the most liberal drug law in the country, one that ...