Oregon voters passed Measure 110 in November 2020, which decriminalized the possession of all drugs, including cocaine, meth, and heroin. In February 2021, the measure went into effect. “Now, if you ...

Arnold is looking to catch drug deals in progress now that Oregon's three-and-a-half-year experiment with decriminalization ...

Ann Arbor, June 19, 2023 – De facto decriminalization of drug possession may be a good first step in addressing the disproportionate impact of an overburdened United States criminal justice system on ...

Fentanyl seizure by Multnomah County Sheriff's Office. Multnomah County Sheriff's officials seized about $400,000 worth of fentanyl powder and pills on July 25, 2023, marking the agency's largest such ...

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Drugs Use published its interim report responding to 36 recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use, among which is the decriminalization of personal use ...

The U.S. opioid epidemic has unfolded in deadly waves, beginning with prescription painkillers, surging with heroin and accelerating further with the synthetic opioid fentanyl. Some signs suggest ...

Ever since Portugal enacted drug decriminalization in 2001, reformers have argued that North America should follow suit. The Portuguese saw precipitous declines in overdoses and blood-borne infections ...

A new report says Saskatoon police have "embraced" a shift around illegal drug possession, moving toward recognizing drug use as a public health concern as opposed to focusing on punishment, but one ...

For years, critics have blamed Oregon’s 2020 ballot measure that decriminalized possession of small amounts of drugs for the state’s rising crime and overdose rates. But a new study suggests otherwise ...