Oregon’s governor has signed a measure to reimpose criminal penalties for hard drugs. Mayor Ted Wheeler of Portland talks about why the experiment “failed.” By Mike Baker Reporting from ...

Oregon removed criminal penalties for possessing street drugs in 2020. But amid soaring overdose deaths, state lawmakers have voted to bring back some restrictions. By Mike Baker Reporting from ...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has signed into law a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs, ending a first-in-the-nation liberal experiment with decriminalization ...

The real reason why Oregon recriminalizing drugs is a cautionary tale. A woman enters the Great Circle drug treatment center in Salem, Ore., in 2022, ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek will sign a bill recriminalizing small amounts of illicit drugs again, according to a statement from the governor's office on Thursday, subsequently ending the liberal state ...

The Oregon state legislature has voted to overhaul Measure 110, recriminalizing small amounts of drugs and signaling the end of the most progressive experiment in U.S. drug policy.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) signed legislation this month to end her state’s disastrous experiment with decriminalizing hard drugs, rolling back a 2020 ballot initiative she previously supported ...

Oregon's state legislature voted to reverse a measure that decriminalized personal drug use. What does the Oregon experiment and its likely overhaul mean in the wider context of the U.S. war on drugs?

Oregon’s governor has signed a bill to reimpose criminal penalties for hard drugs. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler talks about why the 3-year experiment “failed.” Skip to content ...