Legislation to encourage expansion of lifesaving drug checking programs is heading to Governor Newsom’s desk. AB 2136, authored by Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer, would remove barriers to implementing drug checking programs and establish legal protections for those involved with such services in efforts to encourage the launch of more programs statewide.
H.B. 4002 is a costly, complicated return to the war on drugs that will primarily impact Black and brown Oregonians.
We spoke with the executive director of Oregon Health Justice Recovery Alliance about the false promises of drug recriminalization, the successes of Measure 110, and why we need a public health approach to drugs and real solutions to other pressing issues.
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