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Oregon Voters to Consider Psilocybin Therapy, Drug Decriminalization this Fall

State-regulated psilocybin therapy along with drug decriminalization will appear on the November 2020 Oregon ballot
Laurel Brauns

Two groundbreaking drug-related ballot measures may put Oregon on the map for drug decriminalization and psychedelic therapy this fall. The group behind the Oregon Psilocybin Therapy Ballot Measure (IP 34) announced July 8 that it had collected enough signatures to qualify for the November 2020 ballot. The campaign turned in 164,782 signatures, successfully overcoming the […]

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Shooting Up

A growing number of Central Oregonians are getting hooked on heroin
Avatar photo Erin Rook

In the popular imagination, heroin lives in dark, damp Seattle alleys or dingy Edinburgh flats, the preferred vice of morose musicians or jaded junkies. But increasingly, experts say, the dangerous drug is coursing through the veins of well-adjusted, middle class youth, right here in sunny Central Oregon. “The people who are becoming addicted to heroin […]

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