TriMet, Other Transit Systems Push to Criminalize Drug Use on Buses and Trains

The Oregon Transit Association, a professional association of city transit agencies, and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757, which represents bus drivers and train operators, would like to eliminate drug use from buses and trains in Oregon. To that end, the two groups are seeking legislation that would make consumption of drugs on public transit a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail.

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