SALEM, Ore. (AP) — ASHAFER EDITED. TO MOVE SUNDAY, 9/25. AP Photos RPOR701-703 on hold in NY. Two years after Oregon residents voted to decriminalize hard drugs…
When voters passed the state s pioneering Drug Addiction Treatment andRecovery Act in 2020, the emphasis was on treatment as much as on decriminalizing possession of personal-use amounts of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs. But progress has been slow and Oregon still has among the highest addiction rates in the country yet over half of addiction treatment programs in the state don t have enough staffing and funding to help those who want help
Since Oregon residents voted in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs and dedicate millions of dollars to treatment, few people have requested the services.
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