A groundbreaking drug law is scrapped in Oregon. What does that mean for decriminalization?
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/12/drug-decriminalization-law-reversed-oregon/72871244007/
Gov. Tina Kotek said she will sign House Bill 4002.
The bill covers a lot of ground. For instance, it makes it easier to prosecute drug dealing and to get ... Show more
Oregon Is Recriminalizing Drugs, Dealing Setback to Reform Movement: Oregon removed criminal penalties for possessing street drugs in 2020. But amid soaring ...
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Oregon Gov. Kotek to Sign 'Unconscionable' Bill Recriminalizing Drugs: The landmark decriminalization measure passed by state voters in 2020 "now ...
commondreams.org/news/oregon-drug-laws
Oregon’s opioid crisis: Why the state is going to recriminalize all drugs, including psychedelics like LSD, M…
vox.com/future-perfect/24102102/psychedelics-oregon-opioid-crisis-decriminalization-war-drugs-fentanyl-house-bill-4002
Democratic states abandon soft drug laws, embrace strict policy: Questions of how to approach drug addiction, mental health and homelessness are dividing the ...
axios.com/2024/03/12/drug-homelessness-democrat-states-republican
Oregon Is Ready to Restart the Drug War: A radical three-year experiment in drug decriminalization is poised to end in the Pacific Northwest.
rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/oregon-drug-war-decriminalization-1234982783/
Left Turn: Liberal Bastions Pivot to Tougher Stances on Drugs, Crime: Oregon, San Francisco and D.C. are taking aim at nuanced social problems with striking ...
usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2024-03-12/americas-liberal-bastions-get-tougher-on-crime-and-drugs
Oregon Is Ready to Restart the Drug War: A radical three-year experiment in drug decriminalization is poised to end in the Pacific Northwest.
rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/oregon-drug-war-decriminalization-1234982783/
Oregon Is Ready to Restart the Drug War: A radical three-year experiment in drug decriminalization is poised to end in the Pacific Northwest.
rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/oregon-drug-war-decriminalization-1234982783/
The Face Of The Opioid Crisis Is Changing, And Treatments Need To Catch Up: The opioid epidemic for women has been steadily snowballing for years ...
womenshealthmag.com/health/a46867416/women-opioid-epidemic-overdose-deaths/
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San Francisco ties welfare to drug-screening, boosts police powers: In a bid to address the city's drug crisis — and the crime and homelessness that come with it ...
latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-09/san-francisco-welfare-drug-screening-police-crime-vote
Balancing the books on N.Y’.s cannabis legalization: It’s easier to focus on a single complicated aspect of a new system, like dispensaries ...
nydailynews.com/2024/01/07/balancing-the-books-on-n-y-s-cannabis-legalization/
Education Should Focus on Stopping Drug Use Before It Starts | Opinion: Efforts to prevent drug use and encourage kids to live free from drugs have come under ...
newsweek.com/education-should-focus-stopping-drug-use-before-it-starts-opinion-1853930
Destigmatizing Drug Use Has Been a Profound Mistake: Blue America needs to send a stronger, more consistent message that hard drugs should be shunned.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/destigmatizing-drug-use-mistake-opioid-crisis/676292/
Drug decriminalization stumbled in Oregon. Other states are taking note.: PORTLAND — Just before Portland’s city council approved a ban on public drug use last ...
columbian.com/news/2023/sep/18/drug-decriminalization-stumbled-in-oregon-other-states-are-taking-note/
Fentanyl killed 672 people in Fort Worth area. Will threat of murder charge stop dealers?
star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article278316583.html
Oregon Tried a Bold Experiment in Drug Policy. Early Results Aren’t Encouraging.: A bold reform effort hasn’t gone as planned.
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/07/oregon-drug-decriminalization-results-overdoses/674733/
Oregon Tried a Bold Experiment in Drug Policy. Early Results Aren’t Encouraging.: A bold reform effort hasn’t gone as planned.
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/07/oregon-drug-decriminalization-results-overdoses/674733/
How the ‘Zombie Drug’ Tranq Reveals the U.S. Drug Law Failure: It further complicates the fight against the opioid crisis—with deadly consequences for some.
thedailybeast.com/how-the-zombie-drug-tranq-reveals-the-us-drug-law-failure
Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under '70s-era war on drugs law
apnews.com/article/legalization-fentanyl-test-strips-opioid-overdoses-4a23f92b401c667381e84538fe5f1059
Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under '70s-era war on drugs law
apnews.com/article/legalization-fentanyl-test-strips-opioid-overdoses-4a23f92b401c667381e84538fe5f1059
What If America Decriminalized All Drugs?: Washington nearly joined Oregon in decriminalizing drugs. Whether the U.S. should, and how it might ...
newsweek.com/america-decriminalize-legalize-all-drugs-washington-oregon-portugal-1803903
Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under '70s-era war on drugs law
apnews.com/article/legalization-fentanyl-test-strips-opioid-overdoses-4a23f92b401c667381e84538fe5f1059
How some families are banned from food stamps for life due to past drug convictions
pbs.org/newshour/health/how-some-families-are-banned-from-food-stamps-for-life-due-to-past-drug-convictions
How MDMA Became the Club Drug of the Century: Seemingly overnight, it became the drug of nightlife.
thedailybeast.com/how-mdma-became-the-club-drug-of-the-century
Today's Drugs Are Anything but 'Recreation' | Opinion: Protecting public health and helping more individuals achieve healthy, drug-free lives must remain the top ...
newsweek.com/todays-drugs-are-anything-recreation-opinion-1805084
A Teen Girl Is Facing Murder Charges After Two Of Her Classmates Died of Overdoses
vice.com/en/article/ak3e4a/a-teen-girl-is-facing-murder-charges-after-two-of-her-classmates-died-of-overdoses
Public health experts and most Democrats say a GOP-sponsored bill risks repeating mistakes made during the 1970s war on drugs.
Overdose prevention centers are tough sell in U.S. despite successes: The supervised injection sites allow people to take illegal drugs like fentanyl under watch ...
washingtonpost.com/health/2023/05/08/overdose-prevention-centers/
As opioid crisis claims more lives, NYC unveils vending machine stocking overdose-reversing naloxone
nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-first-public-health-vending-machine-overdose-crisis-naloxone-20230605-4op2sahf7naodamo5zgp5qjz3e-story.html
The next frontier of the drug crisis — xylazine: The Biden administration wants to show it has learned from the fentanyl crisis. Its first test is here.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/09/next-frontier-drug-crisis-xylazine/
U.S. Backs Study of Safe Injection Sites to Prevent Drug Overdoses: The grant provides more than $5 million over four years to New York University and Brown ...
time.com/6277943/safe-injection-site-study-overdose/
Can S.F. ever learn to shut up and follow the data on drugs?: A renewed push to jail people who use drugs wouldn’t work even if we wanted it to.
sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/san-francisco-drug-data-18121577.php
Overdose prevention centers are tough sell in U.S. despite successes: The supervised injection sites allow people to take illegal drugs like fentanyl under watch ...
washingtonpost.com/health/2023/05/08/overdose-prevention-centers/
As Illinois explores psilocybin bill, Evanston blocks local proposal: Despite Reid’s referral not gaining support this time around, he told Pioneer Press he ...
chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/ct-evr-mushrooms-decriminalization-blocked-tl-0518-20230512-y37rlgolencpnioaoncnok657a-story.html
80+ Groups Mark 4/20 With Call for Biden to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition: The groups urged the president's administration to "take whatever steps ...
commondreams.org/news/marijuana-reform
Quick Glance: Heady Homebrew: Making Beer from Cannabis
- Brewing Techniques Using Cannabinoids
- Keith Villa, Ph.D. (author of Brewing with Cannabis) provides his advice on using cannabis compounds containing THC and CBD safely in the beermaking process.
- Understand the many cannabis applications relevant to homebrewers, refute some of the prevalent cannabis fallacies and pseudo-science, and investigate potential opportunities in the cannabis beverage industry.
- The following Brewers Publications titles contain everything a homebrewer needs to know to get started brewing with cannabis and hemp.
The Fight Over a Drug That Is Great for Horses but Horrific for Humans: Drug dealers are mixing xylazine, an animal tranquilizer relied on by veterinarians ...
nytimes.com/2023/04/20/health/xylazine-tranq-animals.html
'Tranq': The street drug designated as an 'emerging threat to the US' by the White House
news.sky.com/story/tranq-the-street-drug-designated-as-an-emerging-threat-to-the-us-by-the-white-house-12856017
The Fight Over a Drug That Is Great for Horses but Horrific for Humans: Drug dealers are mixing xylazine, an animal tranquilizer relied on by veterinarians ...
nytimes.com/2023/04/20/health/xylazine-tranq-animals.html
Biden administration says fentanyl-xylazine cocktail is a deadly national threat: The White House says drug deaths linked to a mix of synthetic drugs including ...
npr.org/2023/04/12/1169345832/biden-says-fentanyl-xylazine-deadly-national-threat
Congress moves to make xylazine a controlled substance: US lawmakers are moving to classify xylazine, the animal tranquilizer that's increasingly infiltrating ...
cnn.com/2023/03/29/health/xylazine-tranq-controlled-substance/
The Must-Have Gear for Going Out This Summer? Narcan!: With overdose deaths on the rise, it’s more important than ever to carry potentially life-saving ...
wired.com/story/narcan-festivals-summer-prevent-overdose/
Annapolis mom who lost son to drug overdose writes book, advocates for drug reform
baltimoresun.com/politics/ac-cn-jessie-dunleavy-book-drug-reform-20230404-wt4z3se4cvd4ra5ktevpkcjhhq-story.html
Biden promise to crack down on fentanyl trafficking divides experts: Measures to combat overdose crisis include stiffer penalties but some worry it may signal a ...
theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/13/biden-fentanyl-trafficking-crackdown-divides-experts
San Francisco moves to allow non-profits to operate supervised drug injection sites
cnn.com/2023/01/26/politics/san-francisco-drug-injection-sites/
Oregon's drug decriminalization gets poor marks on audit: SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization has had a rocky start ...
apnews.com/article/health-oregon-8629d6e62bff151afbbdb3a37c2206ae
Biden talks fentanyl crisis in Mexico: What experts say should be done to stop overdose deaths
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/07/biden-talks-fentanyl-opioid-crisis-overdose-death/10990587002/
As overdose deaths climb in NYC, East Harlem residents say a safe space for users is hurting their neighborhood
nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-overdose-deaths-safe-injection-centers-harlem-controversy-20230123-6abuztsrxngodk7bdm3hvmlyaq-story.html
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Drug war destabilized S.F.’s Filipino community. Can cannabis heal it?: From gang member to gang mediator, an S.F. man wants to revitalize his Filipino community ...
sfchronicle.com/sf/article/cannabis-equity-corpuz-17769719.php
Nassau drug dealer convicted of heroin sale that led to 2018 overdose death: The dealer, James Tunstall, faces up to life imprisonment, following Tuesday's jury ...
newsday.com/long-island/crime/james-tunstall-drug-dealer-selling-heroin-convicted-overdose-death-txygwe64
Sterilization, Execution, Labor Camps: Rhetoric Against Drug Users Is Escalating: Politicians are floating more and more extreme solutions to the U.S ...
vice.com/en/article/qjk9dx/sterilization-execution-labor-camps-rhetoric-against-drug-users-is-escalating
She sold a fatal dose of heroin. She’s also an addict who shouldn’t be in prison, critics say.
nj.com/burlington/2023/01/she-sold-a-fatal-dose-of-heroin-shes-also-an-addict-who-shouldnt-be-in-prison-critics-say.html
Oregon Governor Pardons 45,000 Marijuana Offenders in Bid to 'Right the Wrongs' of Failed Drug War
commondreams.org/news/2022/11/21/oregon-governor-pardons-45000-marijuana-offenders-bid-right-wrongs-failed-drug-war
Quick Glance: The governor of Oregon has pardoned basic marijuana possession offenses.
- Kate Brown (D) stated on Monday that she is pardoning earlier offenses for simple marijuana possession, clearing the records of almost 47,000 people.
- Brown's pardon will be applied to electronically available records of Oregon convictions for marijuana possession of one ounce or less.
- Brown's action comes around six weeks after President Biden stated that all federal charges for simple marijuana possession will be pardoned.
- Bill Lee Tags Joseph Biden Kate Brown's Kate Brown's Oregon marijuana possession marijuana pardon
Fentanyl deaths in Los Angeles county rose 1,280% from 2016 to 2021 – report: Last year’s death toll also marks a 31% increase from 2020 in LA’s epidemic that ...
theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/30/fentanyl-deaths-los-angeles-county-surge-report
When doing the obvious is impossible: Why are so many obviously failed public policies unable to be reformed?
english.elpais.com/opinion/the-global-observer/2022-11-15/when-doing-the-obvious-is-impossible.html
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