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Drug decriminalization measure in Oregon would not increase treatment funding
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32905
Subject(s) - decriminalization , heroin , possession (linguistics) , addiction , drug , ballot , measure (data warehouse) , business , medicine , pharmacology , political science , psychiatry , law , politics , linguistics , philosophy , database , voting , computer science
Last month, Oregon passed the first statewide drug decriminalization measure in the country, allowing personal‐use possession of illegal drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine, The ballot initiative, Measure 110, which was sponsored mainly by the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), allows people to either pay a $100 fine or go to an “addiction recovery center” that would be funded by the regulated legal marijuana industry in the state.