DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: OREGON SET TO RECRIMINALIZE DRUGS, RETURN TO FAILED APPROACH OF ARRESTING, JAILING PEOPLE FOR POSSESSION
March 01, 2024
March 01, 2024
SALEM, Oregon, March 1 -- The Drug Policy Alliance issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024:
Today, the Oregon House of Representatives voted to pass House Bill (HB) 4002, which recriminalizes drug possession and doubles down on the failed approach of arresting and jailing people for drug possession. The bill is a disappointing setback for the hard-won progress achieved through Measure 110 -- the state's pioneering drug decriminalization law overwhelmingly approved by vote . . .
Today, the Oregon House of Representatives voted to pass House Bill (HB) 4002, which recriminalizes drug possession and doubles down on the failed approach of arresting and jailing people for drug possession. The bill is a disappointing setback for the hard-won progress achieved through Measure 110 -- the state's pioneering drug decriminalization law overwhelmingly approved by vote . . .