Beat Check with The Oregonian

What Oregon leaders, mulling Measure 110 changes, learned from a trip to Portugal


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In late October, two dozen Oregon policymakers, advocates, police and prosecutors landed in Lisbon, Portugal, to learn about that nation’s two-decade-old drug decriminalization law.

They arrived a few days after reporter Noelle Crombie, who traveled to the country independently to do much the same.

The fact-finding missions come as the voting public has soured on Oregon’s Measure 110, a decriminalization law approved by voters two years ago. Now, as as the potent and addictive drug fentanyl has proliferated and overdoses have skyrocketed, polls suggest a majority favor a full or partial repeal.

Some of Crombie’s stories from Portugal, and back in Oregon:

  • Oregon leaders tasked to act on Measure 110, fentanyl went to Portugal in search of answers. Here’s what they found
  • Debate over Measure 110′s future heats up as lawmakers mull reforms
  • Push to ‘fix’ Measure 110, make drug possession a crime again, ramps up with powerful support
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