The mayor plans to introduce his ordinance at a Portland City Council meeting next Wednesday.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office on Wednesday released the details of a proposal to outlaw public drug use in Portland, punishable by a fines or jail time.
The proposed ordinance, which Wheeler intends to introduce at a city council meeting next Wednesday, would add “consumption of a controlled substance” to an existing city ordinance that bans the public consumption of alcohol.
Wheeler’s office indicated that the city code would not directly contradict Measure 110, approved by Oregon voters in 2020, which decriminalized user amounts of drugs. Instead
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