Oregon Becomes First US State to Decriminalize All Drugs | 2020 U.S. elections

Voters in the state, which is located on the west coast of the country, between California and Washington, also approved the legalization of the therapeutic use of psychedelic mushrooms.

The population’s anti-drug initiative will allow people in prison with small amounts of heavy drugs to avoid being convicted paying a $ 100 fine and participating in a dependent recovery program.

The treatment centers will be funded from the proceeds of marijuana legalization.. Oregon was also the first state in the US to legalize the drug.

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The measure dramatically changes the way the state justice system treats people with amounts for personal use.

“Today’s victory is a historic declaration that the time has come to stop criminalizing people for drug use,” said Kassandra Frederique, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, who supported the measure.

The proposal was endorsed by the state Democratic Party. and by associations of nurses and doctors.

The Republican Party was against it and said the move was radical.. Some prosecutors called her reckless.