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The lawmakers supporting the bill say it would allow police to confiscate drugs and reduce public drug use. It would also create new diversion opportunities with the aim of steering people toward treatment instead of jail.
Tera Hurst, the executive director of the Health Justice Recovery Alliance, regarding Oregon lawmakers’ proposal to roll back the state’s landmark drug decriminalization law. The legislation has received pushback from both sides of the issue. (OPB — Jan. 23, 2024)
Oregon Democratic lawmakers unveiled a proposal to address the state's drug addiction crisis.
SALEM, Ore. — Democratic lawmakers in Oregon on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping new bill that would undo a key part of the state’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law, a recognition that public opinion has soured on the measure amid rampant public drug use during the fentanyl crisis. The bill would recriminalize
New bill would recriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs as a low-level misdemeanor in the state