Name: Mayor Ted Wheeler nixes plan to outlaw public drug use in Portland
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Mayor Ted Wheeler nixes plan to outlaw public drug use in Portland

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The Story's Pat Dooris gives his take on the Portland mayor's announcement Tuesday that he will not introduce amendments to city code that would ban public consumption of drugs. Wheeler cited a recently passed Oregon bill that will introduce criminal penalties for fentanyl in amounts of a gram or more, but he also indicated that his ordinance might violate state law. Read more: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/mayor-wheeler-portland-open-drug-use-ban/283-8ab2a37c-d0dd-429b-9179-d20ea91ea947 Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw

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