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Meanwhile Oregon's drug overdose deaths, which increased by a third from 2019 to 2020, rose another 44% in 2021, according to state figures. ... In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment.
Oregon is poised to step back from its first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law with a new measure approved by the state Senate that would reinstate criminal penalties for possessing small ...
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek will sign new legislation re-criminalizing the possession of certain drugs, according to a statement from the Democratic governor.
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 ...
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.
Lawmakers in Oregon have overwhelmingly passed a bill that would make possession of a small amount of certain drugs a misdemeanor in the state, moving to re-criminalize substances like fentanyl ...
Cocaine is the second most popular illegal recreational drug in the United States behind cannabis, [17] and the U.S. is the world's largest consumer of cocaine. [18] In 2020, the state of Oregon became the first U.S. state to decriminalize cocaine. [19] [20] This new law prevents people with small amounts of cocaine from facing jail time.
An October 2019 online poll conducted by research firm Green Horizons found that 38 percent of U.S. adults supported legalizing psilocybin "under at least some circumstances." [ 99 ] According to a survey in Washington, D.C., done at the beginning of September 2020, voters support the initiative to decriminalize psychedelic plants and fungi.