Oregon's Measure 110 has distributed more than $260 million to drug treatment providers, according to a newly released audit, but lacks data on effectiveness.
In 2001, after two decades of increasing rates of drug use and addiction, the European nation of Portugal took a radical step: it decriminalized drug use. By many measures, the gambit has worked exceptionally well. Portugal’s prison population dropped significantly in the years following decriminalization, as did its HIV transmission rates via syringes. Despite warnings to the contrary, the country did not experience any sort of dramatic rise in drug consumption. In the decades since,.
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Researchers from Portland State University are 2 years into a 3-year study looking at Measure 110's impact on the criminal justice system and public safety.