Deschutes County hopes to build on early numbers a month into the new state deflection program for minor possession offenses It’s been a little over a month since a new state law went into effect recriminalizing minor drug possession and encouraging law enforcement agencies to connect those caught with small amounts of drugs to treatment programs in lieu of criminal charges. Numbers are just coming out on the impact so far…

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