Under the new law, possession of small amounts of drugs such as heroin or methamphetamine will be as a misdemeanor and punishable by up to six months in jail.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill Monday restoring criminal penalties for possessing small amounts of hard drugs, reversing a first-in-the-nation law that advocates had hoped would help quell a deepening addiction and overdose crisis.
Under the new law, the possession of small amounts of drugs such as heroin or methamphetamine will be classified as a misdemeanor and punishable by up to six months in jail.
Drug treatment will be offered as an alternative to criminal penalties.
I heard they never implemented the corresponding treatment centers because of Covid or something. In any case, this isn’t something that’s going to be fixed without a boatload of money…it’s too bad the Sacklers are so poor, otherwise I would say they should pay for it, on account of how they did this to our communities.