Oregon lawmakers appear poised to extend right to medically assisted suicide to out-of-state residents
The state stopped enforcing the Death with Dignity Act's residency requirement last year.
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The state stopped enforcing the Death with Dignity Act's residency requirement last year.
Rainier, Oregon Mayor Jerry Cole says while he supports the intent on Measure 110 -- which decriminalized small amounts of some drugs and funds drug treatment -- he says more needs to be done to address the state's drug addiction crisis.
Oregon cannot solve our substance abuse crisis by focusing on adults alone. Yet the state lacks a system or strategy for addressing teen addiction, even as teen overdose deaths have surged in Oregon, the editorial board writes.
Democrats have had to cancel most committee hearings this week as minority Republicans pull out all the stops to slow their agenda.
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