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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]
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 ...
Advocates of Measure 110 and other criminal justice organizations said the bill was developed without input from providers. The Oregon House passed House Bill 4002 at the Oregon State Capitol on ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Two measures were balloted in Maine on July 14 116 ballot measures were balloted on November 3. Turnout for ballot measures in several states may have been affected by the state and local government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic , including public health measures and electoral accommodations enacted by state governments.
Lawmakers in Oregon have overwhelmingly passed a bill that would make possession of a small amount of certain drugs a misdemeanor in the state, moving to re-criminalize substances like fentanyl ...