Mixed results for Oregon's pioneering drug decriminalization
Vanessa Caudel, a nurse, sits at her work station in the Great Circle treatment center where she provides doses of methadone, which can relieve the "dope sick" symptoms a person in opioid withdrawal experiences in Salem, Ore., on Feb. 24, 2022. The center gets funding from Oregon's pioneering drug decriminalization law and illustrates an aspect of the new system, one year after it took effect. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
By ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon voters approved a ballot measure in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs after being told it was a way to establish and fund addiction recovery centers that would offer people aid instead of incarceration...
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