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It is no longer a misdemeanor to possess heroin, crack, fentanyl or LSD in the state of Oregon.\u00a0 Paul Best of Fox News reports<\/a> that the state’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, adopted last November, which takes effect today, essentially makes the possession of small amounts of even the most dangerous drugs an infraction, punishable by referral to treatment.\u00a0 More than 100 organizations endorsed the measure.\u00a0 Proponents cite studies of Portugal, the Netherlands and Switzerland, which decriminalized hard drugs years ago without dramatic negative effects other than increased drug use.\u00a0 If drug use is no longer punishable in Oregon, yet dealing drugs remains illegal, will drug dealing become more and less profitable as drug use increases? \u00a0 Under the new law, drug users will be connected with the services they need at Addiction Recover Centers.\u00a0 The new law provides no consequences for addicts who do not show up for evaluation or treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is no longer a misdemeanor to possess heroin, crack, fentanyl or LSD in the state of Oregon.\u00a0 Paul Best of Fox News reports that the state’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, adopted last November, which takes effect today, essentially makes the possession of small amounts of even the most dangerous drugs an infraction, punishable by referral to treatment.\u00a0 More than 100 organizations endorsed the measure.\u00a0 Proponents cite studies of Portugal, the Netherlands and Switzerland, which decriminalized hard drugs years ago without dramatic negative effects other than increased drug use.\u00a0 If drug use is no longer punishable in Oregon, yet dealing drugs remains illegal, will drug dealing become more and less profitable as drug use increases? \u00a0 Under the new law, drug users will be connected with the services they need at Addiction Recover Centers.\u00a0 The new law provides no consequences for addicts who do not show up for evaluation or treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"\nOregon Decriminalizes Hard Drugs - Crime & Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=2847\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oregon Decriminalizes Hard Drugs - Crime & Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is no longer a misdemeanor to possess heroin, crack, fentanyl or LSD in the state of Oregon.\u00a0 Paul Best of Fox News reports that the state’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, adopted last November, which takes effect today, essentially makes the possession of small amounts of even the most dangerous drugs an infraction, punishable by referral to treatment.\u00a0 More than 100 organizations endorsed the measure.\u00a0 Proponents cite studies of Portugal, the Netherlands and Switzerland, which decriminalized hard drugs years ago without dramatic negative effects other than increased drug use.\u00a0 If drug use is no longer punishable in Oregon, yet dealing drugs remains illegal, will drug dealing become more and less profitable as drug use increases? 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