Portland, Ore. — On a bleak block of Portland’s historic Chinatown, where dozens of people experiencing homelessness have pitched tents draped with plastic tarps, evidence of drug use litters the sidewalk. Among discarded cigarette butts lie squares of tin-foil, indented in the middle, with distinctive scorch marks, used to smoke substances like meth and fentanyl. Visible a few blocks away, a new Ritz-Carlton hotel rises, angular and gleaming, on the skyline. On the sidewalk here, the city has installed a stubby green obelisk, somewhat larger than a postal service dropbox.
- 3/8/2024
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Oregon’s state law decriminalizing all drugs officially goes into effect today, February 1st.
The first-of-its-kind initiative, Measure 110, passed overwhelmingly last November, with 58.5 percent voting in favor. As the Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal notes, the law reclassifies possession of small amounts of drugs (e.g. less than one gram of heroin, 40 units of LSD, or 12 grams of psilocybin) as a civil violation that comes with a $100 fine, though that fine can be avoided if the person agrees to seek treatment. For possession of slightly larger amounts of some drugs (such...
The first-of-its-kind initiative, Measure 110, passed overwhelmingly last November, with 58.5 percent voting in favor. As the Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal notes, the law reclassifies possession of small amounts of drugs (e.g. less than one gram of heroin, 40 units of LSD, or 12 grams of psilocybin) as a civil violation that comes with a $100 fine, though that fine can be avoided if the person agrees to seek treatment. For possession of slightly larger amounts of some drugs (such...
- 2/1/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
While the 2020 presidential results remained unclear the morning after Election Day, one thing for certain is that voters overwhelmingly approved a series of measures aimed at the war on drugs, including the legalization of marijuana in New Jersey, Arizona, and Montana, the decriminalization of psychedelic mushrooms in Washington, D.C. and the decriminalization of all drugs in Oregon.
Voters in the state of Oregon also voted in favor of Measure 109, which allows for patients 21-and-over to buy, possess, and consume psychedelic drugs at “psilocybin service centers,” under the supervision of trained facilitators,...
Voters in the state of Oregon also voted in favor of Measure 109, which allows for patients 21-and-over to buy, possess, and consume psychedelic drugs at “psilocybin service centers,” under the supervision of trained facilitators,...
- 11/4/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Update: New Jersey Public Question 1 passed on Tuesday, which means cannabis has been legalized for recreational use in New Jersey.
“Marijuana legalization is long overdue in New Jersey, where arrests for possession kept increasing while other states enacted sensible systems of taxation and regulation,” said Kassandra Frederique, Executive Director of Drug Policy Action. “Tonight, the voters did what the legislature has failed to do and approved legalization in the Garden State. This landmark victory for justice builds on nearly 20 years of drug policy reforms supported by the Drug Policy Alliance.
“Marijuana legalization is long overdue in New Jersey, where arrests for possession kept increasing while other states enacted sensible systems of taxation and regulation,” said Kassandra Frederique, Executive Director of Drug Policy Action. “Tonight, the voters did what the legislature has failed to do and approved legalization in the Garden State. This landmark victory for justice builds on nearly 20 years of drug policy reforms supported by the Drug Policy Alliance.
- 11/4/2020
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
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