A majority of Oregon voters believe its law to decriminalize drugs should be repealed, according to an August poll. Emerson College poll of 1,000 registered Oregon voters found that 56% support a ...

Four years ago, Oregon voters approved a groundbreaking plan to decriminalize possession of all drugs in the state. That brief experiment is now set to come to an end. A bill signed into law by ...

In a landmark decision, the American Medical Association (AMA) voted this week to support the elimination of criminal penalties for drug possession for personal use, marking a notable shift in the ...

Funding for drug treatment centers in Oregon, financed by the state's pioneering drug decriminalization policy, stood at over a quarter-billion dollars Friday as officials called for closer monitoring ...

The global response to the substance use epidemic is failing. It’s not only opioids. Every year we throw billions of dollars at this issue; yet, more and more people die from the use of addictive ...

After a three-year trial period, Oregon’s great experiment with drug decriminalization looks to be wrapping up. A bill to restore misdemeanor penalties for drug possession has now passed both houses ...

The Dallas City Council on Wednesday voted to put a marijuana decriminalization measure on the ballot for the November election, continuing a trend by Texas weed activists to reform cannabis policy at ...

Oregon is considering legislation that would recriminalize low-level drug possession, reversing a landmark reform that voters approved in 2020. Although critics of that ballot initiative, Measure 110, ...