> The article says that opioid overdoses exploded under this legislation It actually says the opposite: > Oregon has seen a 1,500% rise in overdose deaths sin

> The article says that opioid overdoses exploded under this legislation It actually says the opposite: > Oregon has seen a 1,500% rise in overdose deaths since the pandemic started, the steepest increase in the country, according to recent federal data. In 2022, almost 1,000 people in the state died from opiate overdoses. But research has so far showed no correlation between the rise in overdoses and decriminalization. Overdoses have risen everywhere since the pandemic, and Oregon's rise (like the rest of the country's) predates Measure 110. There's no evidence of any causation between the two.