Updated: Sep. 08, 2023, 3:45 p.m. | Published: Sep. 05, 2023, 4:53 p.m.

Police Officer Eli Arnold issues a citation to someone for drug possession at Director Park in downtown Portland.

By Noelle Crombie | The Oregonian/OregonLive

A group that includes lawmakers, the Multnomah County district attorney, police officials and addiction-treatment leaders will travel on a “fact-finding mission” to Portugal this fall to learn about the country’s pioneering drug-decriminalization policy, the trip’s organizer said Tuesday.

The trip is being organized and partially paid for by the Oregon Health Justice Recovery Alliance, a coalition of state and national groups that supported Oregon’s Measure 110.

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