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Marijuana legalization was expected to bring the industry out of the shadows. But in some states, the black market is alive and well.
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People caught by police with drugs will face misdemeanor charges starting Sept. 1.
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Oregon Recovers, a Portland-based nonprofit, urged state leaders to change – but not eliminate – Measure 110, which decriminalized low-level drug possession.
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Oregon State University researchers find that frequent use and addiction rates also increase among non-college young adults.
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Up until 2020, police and the courts were the ones most often on hand when someone hit their rock bottom. But when Oregon voters decriminalized drugs through Measure 110, the criminal justice system lost a lot of its power to coerce people into treatment. Suddenly, and for more than two agonizing years, there's often been nobody waiting at rock bottom.
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A newly unveiled proposal would give the Oregon Health Authority a greater role in distributing money for expanded addiction services, among other things.
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Local governments are trying to get lawmakers to reroute tens of millions of dollars currently paying for addiction services back to them. That has service providers up in arms.
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Oregon’s first-in-the-nation initiative to address the state’s drug addiction crisis with treatment instead of jail had a rocky start, but it’s too soon to gauge whether the program will be successful, state auditors found.
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Two of them would try to repeal the state's pioneering drug decriminalization law, while one is preaching improved oversight.
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Proposition 47 removed the threat of jail time for simple drug possession. Now participation in drug courts is way down.
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The state of Oregon is channeling millions of dollars into addiction recovery programs due to a law that passed in 2020. But the state is having trouble finding the workforce to fill these jobs.
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The state Senate passed a bill to legalize hallucinogenic drugs for Californians 21 and older. Could psychedelics become the next cannabis?
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A bill moving through the Legislature includes some meaningful changes to the treatment process envisioned in 2020's Ballot Measure 110.
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After decades of waging a war on drugs, voters decided in November to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of all kinds – from methamphetamine to heroin. The new law goes into effect today, Feb. 1.