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On Wednesday, providers of addiction and recovery programs received some good news. A new analysis showed that almost $40 million will be added to Measure 110 program funding this year and the next. The Oregon Office of Economic Analysis presented data to the House Committee on Revenue on the savings
Two harm reduction bills will be killed if the Senators don't return to work, although Measure 110 services will still be funded for now.
Local governments are trying to get lawmakers to reroute tens of millions of dollars currently paying for addiction services back to them. That has service providers up in arms.
Measure 110, the state’s first-in-the-nation approach to drug addiction, has faced a rocky start since voters approved it in 2020.
SALEM — Oregon lawmakers and providers who serve people with drug and alcohol addictions have a common goal: making the state’s decriminalization drug law work.