Oregon is recriminalizing drugs following failed efforts to legalize drug use in the state. On Monday Governor Tina Kotek signed a bill – reversing a 2020 measure that made personal possession of hard drugs such heroin and meth punishable with only a small fine. State lawmakers passed the bill with bipartisan support last month, citing soaring deaths from fentanyl. A year after the original measure passed, overdose deaths rose by nearly 50%, whi…
