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Illustration by Adriana Heldiz/CalMatters; iStockProp. 1 would funnel more money into housing and treatment for homeless Californians struggling with mental illness and addiction. But it’s far from a one-stop solution. -
Courtesy U.S. Drug Enforcement AdministrationDemocratic lawmakers are working on a separate proposal to address the state’s drug addiction crisis.
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Top Democrats hope the move would incentivize users to seek help while offering plenty of opportunities to avoid a conviction. It’s likely to have opposition on both sides of the state’s drug debate. -
The Coalition to Fix & Improve Measure 110 says it will fix the “administrative error.”
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Five Republican senators are suing to overturn Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade’s ruling that they can’t run for reelection.
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State lawyers say they will appeal. A federal judge has ruled the measure legal under the U.S. Constitution.
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Police and sheriff's departments around Oregon say they want authority to arrest people who use and possess drugs as a way to steer them to treatment.
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A new legislative committee convened Wednesday with a look at the state’s threadbare treatment system.
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A new committee will meet next week for the first time as lawmakers start to look for solutions to Oregon’s drug addiction crisis.
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Prosecutors and Republicans say a 2021 court opinion has made it too hard to convict dealers. Top Democrats are listening.
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Oregon officials want to change the system to motivate people suffering from addiction to get help.
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Three years after Oregon voters elected to decriminalize drugs, a new study has concluded that the first-in-the-nation law has not led to increased drug use or drug overdoses.
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The Oregon Court of Appeals on Monday asked the state’s highest court to decide whether Republican state senators who carried out a record-setting GOP walkout this year can run for reelection.
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Lawyers for two Harney County residents who are suing the state to block Oregon’s new gun laws wrapped up their arguments Wednesday.
