Abstract
Oregon's Measure 110, passed earlier this month, which decriminalized personal use amounts of marijuana, heroin and cocaine, also can improve access to treatment, according to the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), which wrote the initiative. “It changes what we currently have,” a DPA spokesman told ADAW last week. “If you get caught with possession of drugs, instead of being arrested, you have two options: paying a civil penalty of $100 or avoiding that penalty by going for a health assessment at one of the new addiction recovery centers that the initiative will be funding.” At the recovery centers, there are counselors and triage, he said. “The counselors would discuss the person's drug use, and based on that, recommend a treatment plan if necessary,” he said, adding that “there are currently people pushed into programs who don't have a problem, and we definitely want to avoid that.” The funding for these recovery centers will be primarily from marijuana tax revenue, said Sutton.
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