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.

ACLU-OR and Parents Defending Schools and Libraries sent a joint public records request to the Canby School District, seeking information regarding their recent history of reconsidering and restricting access to select book titles, primarily written by LGBTQ+ people and Black and Latina women.

The ACLU of Oregon (ACLU-OR) joined National ACLU, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Lewis & Clark Law School Criminal Justice Reform Clinic in filing an amicus brief urging the Oregon Supreme Court to allow overloaded public defenders to withdraw from cases when overloaded.

ACLU Applauds Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s Marijuana Pardons, Calls on Other Governors to Follow 

On behalf of Street Roots, the ACLU of Oregon today sent the City of Portland a notice of potential legal action in regards to the proposal of Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Dan Ryan to displace people who live on the streets and forcibly relocate them to mass camps.

The ACLU of Oregon's statement in response to the Yamhill County Circuit Court’s ruling in Shotts v. Newberg School District that the school district’s policy imposing content-based restrictions on displays violates Article I, section 8 of the Oregon Constitution.