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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2017
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A sign in the Amazing Treatment rehab center in Salem quotes a philosopher and en-
courages people to quit using drugs. A bill signed by Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday re-
classified personal-use possession of cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs as a
misdemeanor from a felony.
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Drug law: ‘There’s a huge crisis out there,
and locking people up is not going to work’
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Jo Meza, owner of Amaz-
ing Treatment, a rehab center
in Salem, applauded the new
law. She has seen the damage
caused by drug addiction in her
30 years in the field.
“There’s a huge crisis out
there, and locking people up is
not going to work,” Meza said.
Looking to kick their addic-
tions, patients ascended a flight
of stairs into Amazing Treat-
ment, located above a Mexican
restaurant and a barber shop in
downtown Salem.
Inside the center, some-
one had drawn a syringe on
a whiteboard with the words
“No more.” Above that was a
quote by philosopher Friedrich
Nietzsche: “Many are stubborn
in pursuit of the path they have
chosen, few in pursuit of the
goal.”
Meza said imprisoning first-
time offenders with limited or
non-existent treatment opportu-
nities is not a solution. But the
goal can be achieved with treat-
ment for six months to a year
with support from recovering
addicts and training in how to
remove oneself from the envi-
ronment that led to the drug
abuse, like a circle of addicted
friends or relatives, she said.
“Jailing is not helping the
problem,” Meza said. “All
you’re doing is putting a Band-
Aid on it and ripping it off
when they get out of jail.”
Among the law’s support-
ers were the Oregon Associ-
ation Chiefs of Police and the
Oregon State Sheriffs’ Associ-
ation, which said felony con-
victions include unintended
consequences, including bar-
riers to housing and employ-
ment. But the two groups, in
a letter to a state senator who
backed the bill, said the new
law “will only produce positive
results if additional drug treat-
ment resources accompany this
change in policy.”
“Reducing penalties without
aggressively addressing under-
lying addiction is unlikely to
help those who need it most,”
the groups warned. Another
measure appropriated $7 mil-
lion that can be used to pay for
drug treatment.
Linn County District Attor-
ney Doug Marteeny had tried
to convince lawmakers to
dump the defelonization of
A new fun and fanciful class for fi rst time
dancers , ages 3 and 4, is now off ered.
Dance basics will be taught, and a
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Taught by Cheryl Klatt, in 9 week segments,
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dangerous drugs from the legis-
lation, which also targets police
profiling.
“To change the classifi-
cation of this behavior from
a felony to a misdemeanor
is tantamount to telling our
schoolchildren that tomorrow
it will be less dangerous to use
methamphetamine than it is
today,” he wrote.
Those who have a prior a
felony conviction won’t be
afforded misdemeanor consid-
eration, nor will people who
have two or more prior drug
convictions or possess more
than user amounts.
The new law also directs a
state commission to develop
methods for recording data
concerning
police-initiated
pedestrian and traffic stops.
The measure is aimed at ensur-
ing police aren’t stopping peo-
ple based on racial or other
profiling.
Marquis described the leg-
islation as a “wolf dressed up
in lamb’s clothing” because the
drug provisions were tacked
on to the profiling language,
which had broader support.
The Daily Astorian contrib-
uted to this report.
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