DISINFO: US to legalise heroin and hard drugs
SUMMARY
Oregon authorities have legalised the use of heroin. They have started with light drugs and came to heroin. Heroin, cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms are becoming legal in Oregon.
RESPONSE
This is an attempt to portray a limited impact measure in one US state, Oregon, as a move in the entire of the US towards the legalisation of hard drugs, fitting a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the morally decaying West.
It's true that voters have approved Measure 110, Drug Decriminalisation and Addiction Treatment Initiative and Oregon has become the first state in the USA to relax some aspects of possession of hard drugs. However, while the measure reclassified personal and non-commercial drug possession offences, it did not legalise the possession and, definitely not the manufacture and distribution of heroin.
Possession of a controlled substance as heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamines, was reclassified from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E violation resulting in a $100 fine or a complete health assessment. Individuals who manufacture or distribute illegal drugs are still subject to heavy criminal penalties.
The law also funds drug addiction treatment, partly paid for by savings made from sending fewer people to prison.
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