New Oregon law changes drug possession prosecution
The new law takes effect immediately. (August 16th, 2017) *Link
“It’s a great recognition of the fact that we don’t need to further criminalize and turn people into felons over substance abuse, mental health addiction — problems like that,” public defender Aaron Jeffers said Wednesday. “I think the hope is that this will open up the opportunity to provide a lot of resources, in terms of treatment instead of building more prisons,” public defender Karla Nash said.
Original Article (KTVZ):
New Oregon law changes drug possession prosecution
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