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Oregon 1st in US to soften on hard drugs, 'magic' mushrooms

by Andrew Selsky
| November 4, 2020 12:06 AM

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon became the first state to decriminalize hard drugs like heroin and methamphetamine and to legalize therapeutic use of psilocybin mushrooms on Tuesday, with two ballot measures passing by large margins.

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