I don't think the goal was to reduce drug use, it was to create a legal marijuana industry and reduce policing which was a broadly popular sentiment in 2020. h

I don't think the goal was to reduce drug use, it was to create a legal marijuana industry and reduce policing which was a broadly popular sentiment in 2020. https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Measure_110,_Drug_Decriminalization_and_Addiction_Treatment_Initiative_(2020) https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Measure_110,_Drug_Decriminali... I don't have a copy of the original voters pamphlet with all the pro and against arguments, but I don't recall this ever being advertised as reducing drug use. I think it did succeed in its goals of legitimizing marijuana in the state, and it did succeed in reducing police involvement in drug enforcement. Whether consequences emerged from these goals is another topic.