Oregon is seeing drug overdose rates skyrocket after it stopped jailing users of fentanyl and other hard drugs.
Nearly 60% of Oregon voters backed Proposition 110 in November 2020, which fines drug users $100 for possession of the drugs or requires them to complete a health assessment with substance abuse professionals instead of fining them up to $6,250, or sentencing them to possible jail time, as previous laws required.
Critics of the proposition say that it has resulted in open-air drug use in the city and skyrocketing homelessness, according to the NYT.