Drug addiction researchers and advocates for a comprehensive, health-based approach say decriminalization needs time to work, ...
In a move widely hailed as a failure for the drug decriminalization movement, Oregon restored criminal penalties for low-level drug possession in April. Headlines chalked up this policy reversal ...
The use of hard drugs on the streets of Oregon's cities has become a common sight since a 2021 law change decriminalising possession - Copyright AFP - The use of hard ...
The state’s landmark decriminalization initiative wasn’t given a real chance. Portland, Oregon—Measure 110, the landmark statewide drug decriminalization initiative that Oregon passed in ...
Andrew Leavens, front left, and Carl Gladue, right, carry an empty coffin during a march organized by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users to mark International Overdose Awareness Day in 2023.
Decriminalizing drugs is not intended as a solution to drug problems. Rather, it is a critical first step that’s necessary, ...
At future conferences, panelists may be discussing Oregon for very different reasons. At the beginning of April, Gov. Tina Kotek signed a law effectively overturning the voter-approved drug ...
In an open letter, her mother Caroline McIntyre, who is an emergency physician, said a 15-minute delay in her daughter ...
Leaders in many cities have recently concluded that it was a bad idea to decriminalize hard drugs. Unless you get your news from NPR, you already knew that allowing people to buy fentanyl ...
While nighttime firefighting operations have been common in both Australia and the United States, Canadian provinces are now ...