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| Friend, With your support, we’ve long advocated for game-changing drug policy reforms and helped legalize marijuana in states across the country – but the moment has come to push beyond that. Now activists are working to make history again with a groundbreaking campaign to expand access to drug treatment and health services instead of arresting and punishing people for drugs. This proposed initiative, The Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act or IP 44, was just launched by Oregonians who are working to get it on the ballot for the election this November. These are many of the same people who led us to success in legalizing marijuana in Oregon with Initiative 91. IP 44 is simple: it changes Oregon’s drug policy to a more humane, health-centered approach. The initiative does that by using existing marijuana tax revenue to expand access to treatment and heath and harm reduction services, so anyone who wants and needs help can get it. It also stops punishing people who are struggling with drugs by removing criminal penalties for low-level simple possession of all drugs. Oregon currently ranks nearly last in the nation in access to treatment. Instead of arresting and punishing people for drugs, this important initiative would create more treatment, health and harm reduction services, as well as housing assistance, to help people get their lives back on track. We are proud to have partnered with local advocates to create this ballot measure. And we are excited to join Oregon activists as they build toward better access to crucial treatment, harm reduction and other health services. It’s time to shift away from punishment to a health-based approach to drugs. And it’s incredibly encouraging to see Oregon taking another historic step towards drug policies grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights.
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