The Oregon Judicial Department is weighing a new statewide policy that would require holding alleged drug dealers in jail prior to arraignment in more circumstances. The current policy, created in the wake of a 2021 bail reform bill, limits when criminal defendants can be held in jail prior to their initial court appearance. As WW reported last year, some charged dealers as a result of the policy routinely emerge from lockup to ply their trade again within hours (“License to Deal,” WW, June 28, 2023).