Open-air drug use, overdoses push Democrats to introduce overhaul of first-in-the-nation decriminalization law

Oregon Democrats unveiled their plan to roll back the state's pioneering drug decriminalization law in response to rampant public drug use and rising overdose deaths, immediately drawing criticism from both Republicans and pro-decriminalization advocacy groups. "We need to urgently expand drug treatment and addiction prevention in our state while stopping drug dealers, confiscating hard drugs,

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