Measure 110 decriminalizes drugs in new, health-based approach to possession BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Measure 110, a new, first-in-the-nation Oregon law that rolls back criminalization of possessing small amounts of drugs, took effect Monday, though some pieces of the overall system are not yet in place. Oregon voters last November passed Measure 110, or the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act. The measure’s goal is to establish a more effective and health-based approach to drug addiction in Oregon by shifting the response of drug possession from criminalization to treatment and recovery. Being charged with a misdemeanor usually involves jail time, a small fine, and some sort of temporary punishment. But with this new law those found with small amounts of drugs in their possession will now be cited and be offered help for drug addiction.