Oregon may re-criminalize most drugs due to US opioid crisis

SALEM, Oregon: Amid public pressure due to a surge in drug overdose deaths, Oregon lawmakers are preparing to vote on the re-criminalization of most drugs sometime during the session that started earlier this month.

In 2020, the state passed a ballot measure known as Measure 110, creating the most liberal drug law in the U.S. that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs and generated hun