Oregon lawmakers pass bill to recriminalize drug possession

 Oregon lawmakers pass bill to recriminalize drug possession

The measure makes the possession of small amounts of drugs such as heroin or methamphetamine a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail.

A bill recriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs was passed by the Oregon Legislature on Friday, undoing a key part of the states first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law as gove…