Today, the ACLU of Oregon filed a ballot title challenge to PDX24OL-03, an initiative petition filed by William Aitchison, the lawyer for the Portland Police Association (PPA).

Today, Oregon lawmakers took the final vote on HB 4002, which will increase racial disparities in our state and leave Oregon communities without help and support while fentanyl continues to harm our loved ones.

Today, the Oregon House of Representatives made an error that will result in lifelong harm to countless Oregonians. They voted for a bill that will increase racial disparities in Oregon and disparities between counties.

Yesterday, the ACLU of Oregon sent a letter to Representative Jason Kropf and Senator Kate Lieber, co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response (“Joint Committee”), Speaker Dan Rayfield, other state legislators, and the Governor’s Office.

Today, Oregon lawmakers are holding what is likely to be the only public hearing on House Bill (HB) 4002, which would employ war on drugs tactics to recriminalize addiction.

Today the Joint Interim Committee on Addiction and Community Safety announced that they plan to reverse the state’s public health approach to addiction and impose a criminal penalty for people not able to access treatment. The ACLU-OR and Oregonians for Safety and Recovery released this statement.

Recriminalization will harm people – especially Black, brown, and poor people – and make drug addiction and homelessness more difficult and expensive to solve.

Complaint alleges that the so-called "Fix and Improve Measure 110" campaign disregarded Oregon campaign finance law requirements over several months.

Oregon needs immediate action to the addiction crisis. This means continuing to invest in a holistic, healthcare-based approach to address the root causes of the addiction crisis. The solution cannot include going backwards to failed drug war policies.