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Measure 110 Was Short-Lived in Oregon, but Its Legacy Could Live on Elsewhere

Oregon has long been on the cutting edge of drug policy, but the latest effort fell victim to state-level stumbles and misinformation.
Avatar photo Abe Asher

It was at a Drug Policy Alliance conference in Phoenix last October that Tera Hurst, executive director at Health Justice Recovery Alliance, got a feel for the impact Measure 110 was having outside of Oregon.  Hurst was on a panel with a presenter from the Philippines, who, to Hurst’s surprise, focused a significant amount of […]

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With Scant Evidence, City Commissioners Point to Fentanyl as Potential Contributor to Rise in Deadly Crashes

Transportation advocates say putting the blame on victims is a distraction from the real causes of traffic deaths.
Avatar photo Taylor Griggs

On October 21, 2023, James Brian Fenimore was walking on the sidewalk on SE 82nd Avenue near Burnside Street, heading to run an errand, when a drunk driver veered off the street and struck him with a minivan. Fenimore died as a result of the crash.  According to Montavilla News, Fenimore, 66, was an artist […]

Posted inFood and Drink

The Future of Coffee Looks Psychedelic 🍄 ☕️

We tried a psilocybin-infused coffee co-created by Stumptown Coffee founder Duane Sorenson
Jas Keimig

[The following was originally published in our sister publication, The Stranger, in Seattle.—eds] On a recent cold and wet weekday morning, I decided to do my day’s writing on the sheltered patio of a local cafe. Tea in hand, I opened my laptop and settled into work. But instead of writing, my mind began to […]

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Fucking Moron: Tell Kids “It’s Really, Really Easy” Not To Take Drugs

Avatar photo Dan Savage

Trump on advertising anti-drug messages: “if we can teach young people… not to start, it’s really, really easy not to take [drugs].” pic.twitter.com/TKu3zjfZGT— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) October 26, 2017 This morning a fucking moron declared the US’s opioid epidemic a “public health emergency.” But the fucking moron went back on a campaign promise to declare […]

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Incoming Attorney General Jeff “I Thought the KKK Was OK Until I Heard They Smoke Pot” Sessions Will Have to Pry My Zoots Out of My Cold, Dead Hands

Avatar photo Dan Savage

Politico takes a look at Jeff Sessions’ “coming war on legal marijuana.” Without any protection from Congress, every marijuana grower and dispensary owner who came out of the shadows to become a taxpaying member of the legal recreational cannabis industry in Colorado, Oregon, Washington state and Alaska has exposed himself to potential criminal prosecution by […]

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