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Oregon 'lost a generation of people' due to now-reversed liberal drug law, says GOP leader

Oregon’s move to recriminalize drugs was the first of many necessary steps, according to State House Republican leader Jeff Helfrich. The new law, which is a reversal of the state’s 2020 decriminalization, went into effect Sunday. “You saw overdose deaths, you saw drug usage on the street, crime, homelessness all soared after Democrats put this...

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Jelly Roll performs at Oregon prison that allows live music for first time in 20 years

Jelly Roll just wants to “spread love.” The country star and former inmate took his music to the yard this week, crooning for convicts housed at the maximum security Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. The Grammy-nominated star’s set list at the show in the prison’s yard fittingly included Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues,” which he...

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Oregon reverses course and recriminalizes drug possession

People caught in possession of hard drugs will once again be at risk of state criminal penalties after the state of Oregon opted to recriminalize possession of drugs such as fentanyl, heroin and meth. Oregon became the first state in the country to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard drugs in response to a...

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Small plane crashes into Oregon townhouses, killing 2 on board, 1 resident: report

A small plane with two people on board crashed Saturday morning into a row of townhouses in a residential neighborhood of Fairview not far from the Portland International Airport and Troutdale Airport in Oregon, officials confirmed. The crash killed the plane’s occupants and one resident in the townhouse it struck, the Associated Press, citing local...

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Portland police to disband Property Crimes Unit, citing staffing issues: 'Not up to our authorized strength'

The Portland, Oregon police department is dissolving its Property Crimes Unit (PCU) amid staffing issues. Portland police spokesperson Terri Wallo Strauss confirmed to Fox News Digital, “It is correct that we are not up to our authorized strength.” “This is more of a shifting of the work and resources, which is not unusual. Positions get...

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