Oregon Lawmakers Consider Expanding Drunken Driving Definition

Published March 5, 2013

Oregon lawmakers consider expanding drunken driving definition

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“The abuse and misuse of prescription drugs and other impairing substances is a growing problem in Oregon and the nation,” wrote Chuck Hayes, a retired Oregon State Police lieutenant who leads the governor's advisory committee on drunken driving.
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Are we hooked on hand-outs?

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Pravin Gordhan's 2013 budget reflects the difficulty of reversing the growing addiction to the welfare drug. Swellendam: – When my … The indefinable yet important and profound difference between a welfare state and a dependency state prompted me to …
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Governor's office seeks more legislation to combat synthetic marijuana

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Though charges related to possession of synthetic marijuana are not well documented, officials in both Linn and Johnson counties have reported strange behavior that is believed to be associated with use of the drugs. In one Iowa City incident, a …
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