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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’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 ...
In 2020, Oregon voters moved to decriminalize various hard drugs – including fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine – when Measure 110 was approved with 58.5% of the vote. It took ...
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.
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 Gov. Tina Kotek signed 615 measures into law in 2023. Some were implemented immediately, while others go into effect on Jan. 1. DUII now means any impairing drug: 11 new Oregon laws that go ...
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