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  2. Drug policy of Oregon - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. 2020 Oregon Ballot Measure 110 - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Cannabis in Oregon - Wikipedia

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    In 1986, Oregon's Ballot Measure 5 sought to legalize cannabis. The Oregon Marijuana Initiative spent about $50,000 promoting the proposition, and collected the 87,000 signatures necessary to place it on the ballot. In 1986, by some estimates, cannabis was Oregon's largest cash crop, [23] estimated in 1985 at between $1 billion and $1.15 ...

  5. Oregon's drug decriminalization experiment is ending. What ...

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    Drug decriminalization in Oregon came about as the result of a ballot measure, known as Measure 110, that received nearly 60% support from voters in 2020. ... which is inherent in legalization and ...

  6. Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take ...

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    Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The Democratic ...

  7. Oregon may revive penalties for drug possession. What will ...

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    Oregon is poised to step back from its first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law with a new measure approved by the state Senate that would reinstate criminal penalties for possessing small ...

  8. History of United States drug prohibition - Wikipedia

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    2012: Colorado and Washington (state) passed laws to legalize the consumption, possession, and sale of marijuana. 2014: Alaska, Minnesota and Oregon passed laws to legalize the consumption, possession, and sale of marijuana. 2016: recreational marijuana use was legalized in California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Maine.

  9. Oregon governor to sign bill recriminalizing drug use - AOL

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    Oregon Governor Tina Kotek on Friday vowed to sign into law a bill that recriminalizes drug use, more than three years after voters approved the most liberal drug law in the country, one that ...