State lawmakers walked back the Measure 110 with House Bill 4002, which prompted 23 counties, including Deschutes and Crook, to be early adopters of what officials call “deflection” programs. Each county has until September to craft its own deflection program that has the goal to alter the traditional course someone suspected of drug possession would take through the criminal justice system.
Plans to shift people suspected of drug possession away from courts and into treatment are beginning to unfold across Oregon after legislators terminated Measure 110, the voter-approved ballot measure from
Plans to shift people suspected of drug possession away from courts and into treatment are beginning to unfold across Oregon after legislators terminated Measure 110, the voter-approved ballot measure from
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Deschutes, Bend law enforcement leaders argue that drug possession should once again be a crime. While some local defense attorneys question whether re-criminalizing drugs is an effective way to curb the state’s ongoing addiction crisis.