Soon after Oregon’s legislative session gaveled to a close, Gov. Tina Kotek announced she plans to sign legislation that makes possessing small amounts of hard drugs such as cocaine and fentanyl a criminal offense once again.
House Bill 4002 sped out of committee and through both the Oregon House and Senate in less than a week. Despite the misgiving of many lawmakers, the bill received overwhelming support from Democrats and Republicans. It’s an overhaul of Measure 110, the voter-backed 2020 policy change, that decriminalized drugs and allocated funding to expand services to help people living with addiction.
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