Oregon’s law that decriminalizes small amounts of all street drugs went into effect Monday, making it the first state in the state to impose such a measure.
Those found with personal quantities of drugs – including heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and ecstasy – will now be fined $ 100 instead of a criminal charge.
The legislation, known as Measure 110, was overwhelmingly approved by state voters in November. It focuses on providing drug users through newly funded recovery addiction centers.
“Today, the first domino of our brutal and inhuman war on drugs has fallen, which is expected to be a cascade of other efforts to focus health on criminalization,” said Kassandra Frederique, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, told Associated Press. .
The law was not without opposition. Two dozen district attorneys argued that this would lead to the normalization of dangerous drugs.
Oregon is known as the pioneer of progressive drug laws.
In 1973, the state became the first in the country to decriminalize marijuana. Then, in 2014, recreational marijuana became legal in Oregon.
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