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What We Learned from Oregonโ€™s New Audit of Measure 110

After three successive audits, health officials still donโ€™t know whether the drug treatment program is working. Officials at OHA say theyโ€™re working on it.

In 2020, Oregon voters put a lot of stock in Measure 110 โ€” the groundbreaking citizen initiative that made the state the first in the nation to decriminalize user amounts of drugs. The decriminalization portion of Measure 110 was rolled back by the legislature in 2024 โ€” but the part of Measure 110 that took […]

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Weed Pusher; Pill Pusher

“They sell drugs in the hood but the man he move the medicine/He’ll prescribe you Augmen for everything.” The Roots, “Rising Down” With rapidly expanding recreational cannabis programs here and abroad, it’s surprising when cannabis growers, dispensaries or brands are equated with “drug pushers.” People who do this have never been a part of any […]

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