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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 ...
The penalties for unlawful drug possession will take effect September 1. In a letter obtained by CNN from the governor to the state’s legislative leaders, Kotek focused on provisions of the law ...
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 ...
Four Democrats and three Republicans voted against the bill, which now awaits a vote in the Oregon Senate. The bill will penalize drug possession as an entirely new misdemeanor with penalties of ...
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 ...
The new law came into effect on February 1, 2021. [7] In 2024, the measure was significantly amended by House Bill 4002, which repealed the drug decriminalization portion in response to growing public backlash against said component. The bill, however, retains the provision of expanded access to drug addiction treatment using cannabis tax dollars.
Three years ago, Oregon voters passed Measure 110, dubbed the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, shifting the state's approach to drugs by eliminating criminal penalties for the possession ...
The state dropped criminal penalties for ... where drug-related deaths have plummeted in the 20-plus years since the country stopped criminally punishing drug users. Oregon, however, saw overdose ...