“The goal is to center the experts,” she said.
This group will need to include members specializing in addiction medicine, drug treatment, and mental health, along with people who have lived with substance use disorder. Theshia Naidoo, managing director of the department of legal affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance, the organization that spearheaded the campaign, said that between now and February, the state’s biggest responsibility will be creating the oversight council. That fund will be run by a yet-to-be-established Oversight and Accountability Council, established within the Oregon Health Authority, which will be in charge of issuing grants to local governments or community organizations in charge of running addiction centers. The state will now use marijuana sales tax revenue and the savings from reduced drug arrests and incarceration to bolster a fund to pay for drug treatment. The measure also directs new funding to drug addiction treatment and recovery programs. The model is based in part on systems already in place in countries that have decriminalized drugs, like Portugal and Switzerland. Those caught with drugs will have the option to pay a $100 fine or complete a health assessment, including a substance use disorder screening, at an addiction recovery center. With Oregon’s decriminalization measure, the drugs aren’t being made legal, so there won’t be an official market for them as there is for marijuana in the state. Organizers of campaigns for other drugs like magic mushrooms also claimed victory. Voters in four states that lean conservative also chose to legalize recreational marijuana and, for the first time, voters in one state concurrently legalized recreational and medical marijuana. The state will eliminate criminal penalties, including prison time, for personal possession of small amounts of drugs like cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines.
The most dramatic shift in drug policies came with the passage of Oregon’s Measure 110, a sweeping proposal that will decriminalize all drugs starting on February 1, 2021. Drug-related ballot measures succeeded across the country on Tuesday, many of them passing by large margins on a night otherwise defined by races that are still too close to call.
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