Lawmakers in Oregon express concerns about the implementation of a drug law that offered treatment as an alternative penalty for drug possession. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler highlights the rise in homelessness, overdose, and fentanyl-related deaths in the city, along with businesses leaving downtown. Despite wide support for the law, its implementation has been criticized for lacking proper measures related to treatment services.
Lawmakers cite problems with the law’s implementation, not the basis of legalization. The 2020 law offered treatment as an alternative penalty for drug possession and lowered criminal penalties .
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has seen his city struggle with a rise in homelessness, overdose and fentanyl-related deaths, and businesses leaving downtown, according to a When Measure 110 passed in 2020, it received wide support in Oregon, notably Portland, where three-quarters of the population voted in favor of the legislation. Wheeler said the proper implementation measures related to treatment as an alternative were not in place. “There’s no question that the state botched the implementation. And as I say, the timing couldn’t have been worse in terms of the botched implementation,” Wheeler said. “To decriminalize the use of drugs before you actually had the treatment services in place was obviously a huge mistak
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