The Oregon House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday in a 51-7 vote that will effectively end drug decriminalization in the state as established by 2020's voter-approved Measure 110. The bill now moves on to the state Senate, KGW reports.
HB 4002 will make simple drug possession a new kind of misdemeanor, marking a departure from Oregon law prior to Measure 110. The bill now heads to the state Senate.
Oregon has experienced the largest increase in the country, according to federal data, with a 1,500% increase in overdose deaths since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 roughly three years after the state became the first in the nation to de-criminalize the possession and pe…
The Oregon state legislature has voted to overhaul Measure 110, recriminalizing small amounts of drugs and signaling the end of the most progressive experiment in U.S. drug policy.
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 amounts of some drugs.
Gov. Tina Kotek has indicated that she is inclined to sign the bill, ratifying a regression driven by unrealistic expectations and unproven assertions.
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The future of an Oregon bill that would roll back the state’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law is now in the hands of Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek.
A bill that would criminalize small amounts of drug possession and overturn a decriminalization motion from 2020 passed in the Oregon state Senate and will head to the governor's desk.House Bill 4002 passed in the Oregon House with a 51-7 vote and subsequently in the state Senate with 21-8 vote, rec…
The future of an Oregon bill that would roll back the state's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law is now in the hands of Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek.
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