PORTLAND, Ore. – September is Recovery Month, celebrating the recovery community and highlighting the importance of evidence-based treatment and recovery practices. Coincidentally, Sept. 1 is also the day that drug recriminalization takes effect in Oregon, following the passage of House Bill 4002, which partially rolls back Measure 110, Oregon’s 2020 decriminalization law. Possession will become a misdemeanor, but the new law allows offenders to “deflect” from the justice system into treatment programs on a county-by-county basis.