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Oregon Voters Support Drug Recriminalization, Survey Says

Decriminalization passed with popular support in 2020. Now that drug possession has been recriminalized, surveys show people support that, too.

10.21.24

By Sammi Caramela
News

Oregon Is Poised to Make Drug Possession a Crime Again

01.24.24

By Manisha Krishnan
Drugs

Biden’s Weed Pardon Won’t Get Anyone Out of Prison—But It’s Still a Huge Deal

10.10.22

By Drew Schwartz
News

Activists Give Out Free Heroin and Meth as Vancouver Proposes Legal Limits for Drugs

04.15.21

By Manisha Krishnan
News

Possession of All Drugs Is Decriminalized in Oregon Starting Today

02.01.21

By Manisha Krishnan
News

Sex Work and Magic Mushrooms Won’t Be Prosecuted Anymore in This Michigan County

01.14.21

By Emma Ockerman
News

Vancouver Just Voted to Decriminalize All Drugs

11.25.20

By Rachel Browne
News

This US Presidential Candidate Is for Sex and Capitalism—and It’s Not Trump

10.09.20

By Anya Zoledziowski
News

Seven Chief Public Health Officers Call for Drug Decriminalization, But Justin Trudeau Isn’t Budging

09.02.20

By Justin Ling
News

Justin Trudeau Won’t Decriminalize Drugs, Despite Record Overdose Deaths in B.C.

07.21.20

By Manisha Krishnan
News

Police Chiefs Group Calls for Canada to Decriminalize Drug Possession

07.09.20

By Manisha Krishnan
Ayanna Pressley Just Called for Decriminalizing Sex Work

11.14.19

By Leila Ettachfini

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11.21.24

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Music

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By Stephen Andrew Galiher
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Life

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11.21.24

By Paige Gawley
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Music

Jay-Z’s Team Roc Sues Kansas Police for Corruption and Abuse Records

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