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  • 'Measure 110 has everything to do with it': Law enforcement says decriminalization has flooded Portland streets with drugs

    05/10/2022 9:48:53 AM PDT · by aimhigh · 19 replies
    KGW ^ | 05/10/2022 | Pat Dooris
    In November 2020, Oregon voters approved Measure 110, essentially decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs — from heroin to cocaine to opioid pills. Instead of criminal penalties, the law calls for treatment centers to be set up all over the state, so addiction could be treated as a health care issue, not a law enforcement issue. The problem, law enforcement says, is that has led to a huge increase in the amount of drugs on the streets — and now, an increase in crime. . . . "It's everywhere. It's everybody we contact. I have a couple cases that...