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However, in 2024, Oregon partially reversed its drug laws, with the governor signing a new law which made possessing small amounts of hard drugs a misdemeanor starting September 1, 2024. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] However, the new law did not require mandatory jail time in all cases or apply to soft drugs, with cannabis tax revenue even still being ...
After decriminalization of hard drugs, about 3,700 fewer Oregonians per year will be convicted of felony or misdemeanor possession of controlled substances, according to estimates by the Oregon ...
Oregon became the first state in the country to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard drugs in response to a 2020 ballot measure, but it will now recriminalize those offenses under a ...
Five weeks later, Oregon lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill reversing decriminalization efforts. The number of overdose deaths increased 533% from 2018 to 2022 in Multnomah County, which ...
In surveys conducted in 1974 and 1975—one and two years after decriminalization—it was found that 2% of respondents said they did not use marijuana or cannabis because it was unavailable, 4% for legal or law enforcement reasons, 53% reported lack of interest, and 23% cited health dangers. The remaining 19% were using or had used it at one time.
In 2020, Oregon voters moved to decriminalize various hard drugs – including the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl, as well as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine – when Measure 110 passed with ...
In November 2020, voters in the U.S. state of Oregon passed Ballot Measure 110, [2] "[reclassifying] possession/penalties for specified drugs". [3] It reclassifies possession of drugs including heroin, methamphetamine, PCP, LSD and oxycodone as a Class E civil violation. [4]
Three years into Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization, the state is reversing course. ... reinstituting penalties for possession of hard drugs. Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek ...