Blue state Republicans move to strike this ‘catastrophic’ drug law they say is wreaking havoc on communities
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Oregon Republicans have unveiled a bill to make drug possession a crime in the state again, as their Democratic colleagues weigh their own re-criminalization plans.
Hannah Ray Lambert is an associate producer/writer with Fox News Digital Originals.
About 58% of Oregon voters passed Measure 110 in 2020, decriminalizing small amounts of all drugs and redirecting much of the state's marijuana tax revenue to fund grants for addiction services.
Since then, addiction and overdose deaths have skyrocketed in Oregon and nationwide as fentanyl swept across the country. Now, three years into the first-of-its-kind law, numerous polls show Oregonians favor re-criminalizing hard drugs and making treatment required, not voluntary, as a jail alternative.
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