Oregon Re-Criminalizes Hard Drugs After ‘Overdose Rates Skyrocketed’

Oregon Re-Criminalizes Hard Drugs After ‘Overdose Rates Skyrocketed’



Patrick T. Fallon

A person lays on the street in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood in downtown Portland, Oregon on January 25, 2024.

The state’s new law — passed by the state Legislature in March and signed by the governor last week — institutes a maximum of up to six months in prison for possession of hard drugs