{"id":2013090,"date":"2023-08-26T14:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T18:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-residents-increasingly-support-repealing-decriminalization-of-drugs-poll\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T14:27:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T18:27:58","slug":"oregon-residents-increasingly-support-repealing-decriminalization-of-drugs-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-residents-increasingly-support-repealing-decriminalization-of-drugs-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Oregon residents favor repealing drug decriminalization."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foregon-residents-increasingly-support-repealing-decriminalization-of-drugs-poll%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2013090&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Majority of Oregon Residents Support Repealing Law Decriminalizing Hard Drugs<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-signs-anti-grooming-bill-into-law-tears-into-critics\/\" title=\"Gov. DeSantis Signs Anti-Grooming Bill Into Law, Tears Into Critics\u00a0\">recent poll commissioned<\/a> by the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions reveals that a majority of Oregon residents\u2062 are in favor of repealing a law that decriminalized \u2064hard drugs \u200dwithin the state. This\u2064 marks a significant shift in public opinion \u200dsince\u2063 the law&#8217;s passage \u2063three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The poll surveyed registered Oregon voters to gauge their attitudes toward Measure 110, a voter-passed\u2062 measure in 2020 that decriminalized \u2064the possession \u2064of hard drugs. The measure aimed \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-residents-increasingly-support-repealing-decriminalization-of-drugs-poll\/\" title=\"Poll: Oregon residents favor repealing drug decriminalization.\">expand addiction\u200d treatment options funded<\/a> by \u2064the state&#8217;s\u200b cannabis tax.<\/p>\n<h3>Public Opinion on Measure 110<\/h3>\n<p>Fifty-six percent of \u200brespondents expressed their desire\u2062 to see \u2062Measure 110 completely repealed, while 45% believed\u200b the measure should remain unchanged. Additionally, voters supported\u2063 repealing certain parts of the measure \u200bto reintroduce penalties for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nurse-dead-4-others-injured-in-shooting-at-minn-clinic\/\" title=\"Nurse dead, 4 others injured in shooting at Minn. clinic\">possessing small amounts<\/a> of drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Respondents also highlighted the adverse effects of \u2063the measure on their communities. Fifty-four percent claimed that\u2062 it had led to an increase in homelessness, while 50% believed it had decreased\u2062 safety.<\/p>\n<p>One provision of \u2062the\u2064 legislation aimed to \u200baddress the consequences of drug use by imposing a small $100 fine for violations or offering the opportunity to have the citation dismissed through a state \u2062hotline for substance \u2064abuse \u200dtreatment. \u200bHowever, since the law went into effect in February 2021, there have been 5,540 violations \u200bfor possession, with many individuals either ignoring the fine or failing\u2064 to call the hotline.<\/p>\n<h3>Supporters and Opponents of Measure \u2063110<\/h3>\n<p>Measure 110 was approved by 58%\u2064 of voters in the\u2064 2020 elections. Advocates for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antifa-turns-to-national-lawyers-guild-amid-fbi-investigation-in-olympia\/\" title=\"Antifa Turns to National Lawyers Guild Amid FBI Investigation in Olympia\">drug policy reform<\/a>, including the \u2063Drug \u200cPolicy Alliance, supported the measure, arguing that it\u2062 would \u2064provide necessary help to\u200d those struggling with addiction instead of needlessly penalizing\u2064 them.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 strongest support for\u200b the measure came from voters in and around Portland, primarily from\u200c the\u200c state&#8217;s 1st Congressional District. \u200dConversely, residents of Oregon&#8217;s more conservative \u200c2nd Congressional District, which is\u200c predominantly\u200c rural, were the main opponents\u2064 of \u200bthe initial measure.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement \u2062officials also expressed frustration with the measure, as\u200b highlighted in a report from Portland State University. The report, based on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-pal-at-center-of-covid-lab-leak-suspicions-gets-new-bat-virus-grant\/\" title=\"Fauci Pal At Center Of COVID Lab-Leak Suspicions Gets New Bat Virus Grant\">multi-year study<\/a>, revealed that law enforcement viewed the law\u200c as ineffective.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here \u200cto read\u200d more from\u2063 The \u200cWashington Examiner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A majority of Oregon residents now favor reversing the decriminalization of hard drugs, a law that was passed three years ago. A recent poll conducted by the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions surveyed registered Oregon voters to gauge their opinions on Measure 110, a voter-approved measure in 2020 that decriminalized drug possession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2013091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2013090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}