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All carrot, no stick? Recovery advocates split on drug-use intervention after Measure 110
by Wright Gazaway
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A person draws a substance into a syringe (KATU)
PORTLAND, Ore. —

Oregon law enforcement agencies are writing far fewer citations for drug possession under Measure 110 relative to the number of people arrested for simple drug possession before the law took effect, a KATU News Investigation has found.

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Voters approved Measure 110 in November 2020; the landmark legislation made Oregon the first state in the country to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard drugs and instead allowed police to write low-level tickets for possession. The tickets could be waived if the recipient called a hotline and got a health assessment.

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