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Gov. Tina Kotek has signed into law a bill to recriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs, ending Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with decriminalization that was hobbled by implementation issues. In a signing letter, the Democratic governor said the law’s success will depend on deep coordination” among courts, police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and local mental health providers, the AP reports. The legislation takes effect Sept. 1. Hopes were high in Oregon three years ago when voters approved decriminalizing hard drugs that the result would be fewer addicts in prison and m…

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