MEDFORD, Ore. – We also asked Oregon Recovers for their thoughts on the new coalition looking to make changes to measure 110. Oregon Recovers’ website actually endorses the idea to amend measure 110 rather than end it. They say they ...
On tonight’s Five on 5, we are joined by Max Williams to discuss the changes and improvements he wants to make to Measure 110. ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – A coalition of Oregonians trying to make changes to Measure 110, officially filed for a ballot measure. The controversial measure has struggled to follow through on its goals. Now, Oregon overdose deaths are rising even the city ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — A coalition of Oregonians are pushing to make significant changes they say would “fix and improve” controversial Measure 110. The group filed ballot initiatives on Monday, proposing to a number of modifications to the measure. Voters ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Thursday night, the City of Medford voted to ask the Oregon legislature to repeal Measure 110 to restore health, safety, and livability for all Oregonians. The city said overdose deaths have continued to rise since the measure was passed in ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– The Medford City Council will vote on a resolution requesting the state legislature repeal or modify Measure 110 at Thursday night’s meeting. A pair of local non-profits that help addicts said they’re in support of that idea. The ...
Author: Jamie Parfitt, Colten Weekley (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. — In November 2020, Oregon voters approved Measure 110, the “Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act” — and the outcome wasn’t particularly close. Over 58% of voters said yes, less than 42% said ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – The Jackson County Commissioners are calling on state legislators to repeal Measure 110. Oregon became the first state to decriminalize personal possession of many illegal drugs when Measure 110 was passed in 2020. It was intended to address ...
Author: Jamie Parfitt, Katherine Cook PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office on Wednesday released the details of a proposal to outlaw public drug use in Portland, punishable by a fines or jail time. The proposed ordinance, which Wheeler ...
Author: Blair Best (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Beyond the tents and boarded windows that shape much of downtown Portland are many homeless people using hard drugs as a cry for help. On Monday morning near the corner of Southwest ...