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Oregon Measure 110 Drug Decriminalization

Decriminalized possession in 2020; recriminalized in 2024.

Drug Policy / Harm ReductionBallot MeasureLiberty check

D · 11/24

1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)

Treat addiction as health, not crime.

2 · The realist counter-case

Critics blamed it for disorder.

3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats

PSU/medRxiv found no clear link to overdose deaths (fentanyl drove those); failure was the treatment hand-off; HB4002 recriminalized in 2024.

4 · Liberty check

Expands personal liberty; tests the limits of decriminalization without services.

5 · The real tradeoff

Decouple permission from the plumbing.

Allies & Playbook

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