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The Drug Policy Alliance, a New York-based non-profit organization was behind the measure [4] and the measure also received financial support from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative. [5] The new law aimed to reverse racial disparities in policing, and was projected to reduce black arrests by 94%. [6] The new law came into effect on February 1, 2021 ...
Oregon, however, saw overdose deaths increase by 50% between 2021, when decriminalization went into effect, and 2023. Why there's debate There’s little question that the decriminalization of ...
Michelle Stroh, an Oregon City School District board member, spoke of her son, Keaton, a 25-year-old Marine, who died of a fentanyl overdose in 2020 before Measure 110 was enacted.
Oregon's rollback of Measure 110 faces criticism. Opponents of the bill said the it was a return to a failed policy of criminalization and ignored the realities of Oregon’s already overwhelmed ...
On February 1, 2021, Oregon became the first state in the USA to decriminalize the possession of small quantities of all illicit drugs, following the passing of Oregon Ballot Measure 110 in November 2020. [2] The law was passed by 58% of voters in a ballot initiative.
The list of Oregon ballot measures lists all statewide ballot measures to the present. In Oregon, the initiative and referendum process dates back to 1902, when the efforts of the Direct Legislation League prompted amending the Oregon Constitution for the first time since 1859. The process of initiative and referendum became nationally known as ...
Measure 110 rollback: How Oregon House Bill 4002 works Senators vote on House Bills 5204 and 4002 on Friday, March 1, 2024 at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore. Class E violations, created by ...
In 2020, Oregon voters moved to decriminalize various hard drugs – including fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine – when Measure 110 was approved with 58.5% of the vote. It took ...