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"One year after the landmark enactment of Measure 110, which effectively decriminalized drug possession across the state of Oregon, Monta Knudson has already seen its tangible effects on his community. He recognizes it in the...

"A coalition of drug reform advocates in Washington State have announced they’ll seek to qualify a decriminalization measure for the state’s 2022 ballot, an attempt to build on modest reforms adopted by the state’s...

"Almost no one is fully satisfied with where the Legislature ended up this year in the debate over whether and how to decriminalize drug possession. The good news is that it’s a conversation that’s...

“When state lawmakers have met these past weeks to talk about what to do in the wake of the unexpected court ruling that decriminalized drug possession, the hearings have been filled mostly with prosecutors,...

“Lawmakers trying to find an answer to the Washington Supreme Court decision decriminalizing drug possession are finding just how complicated that task may be. ...

“Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is urging legislators to move forward with drug decriminalization proposals rather than reinstating criminal penalties for drug use. ...

“With Washington State lawmakers weighing their options after a court ruling that struck down the state’s law criminalizing drug possession, legislation favored by reform-minded lawmakers received its first committee hearing on Monday. ...

"Ever since the Washington State Supreme Court struck down the state's felony drug possession law, cops and Republicans and their besties in the media have relayed dubious anecdotes and issued alarmist warnings in an attempt...

"When Julian Saucier’s recreational drug use became an addiction, he didn’t know what to do. Saucier had a loving and supportive family but was ashamed to tell them what he was going through and...

“Why mandated treatment doesn’t work, addiction is a complex neurobiological process that has a lot of social factors and relational factors. And people can’t be told that they have to quit and be forced...