Oregon Drug Decriminalization

America has been fighting a War on Drugs for 50 years - a war we've been losing. Oregon's Measure 110 is a bold attempt to re-reframe the tactics. It will attempt to shift the thinking from law enforcement to health care.

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On today's program, we hear from four people who'll be involved in how this first-in-the-nation experiment plays out. They don't all agree on the means to an end, but they do agree on the goal: Get help to anyone who wants it for substance use disorders and stop putting people in jail for what amounts to a complex neurobehavioral disorder with far-reaching social consequences.

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Read the text of Oregon Measure 110

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Andrew Seaman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Oregon Health and Science University

Central City Concern

Addiction Medicine

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Mike Marshall

Co-Founder & Director

Oregon Recovers

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Beau Kilmer, Ph,D. M.P.P.

Director

RAND Drug Policy Research Center
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Janie Gullickson, M.P.A:H.A. ��P.S.S. ��P.R.C.

Executive Director

Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon

Co-Chief Petitioner, Oregon Measure 110

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• Se��n Collins is a veteran public radio producer, having worked in NPR���s newsroom in Washington, D.C. where he led a team that produced the network���s flagship daily newsmagazine��All Things Considered��in addition to��spending time on the staff of both Morning Edition��and��Talk of the Nation. ��Se��n, a former Benedictine monk, lives pretty quietly these days with an eleven-year-old puggle in Saint Louis.

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