SALEM, Ore. – In a first in the nation, Oregon has rejected charging drug users with criminal offenses, with voters passing a ballot measure that decriminalizes possession of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other hard drugs.“Today’s victory is a landmark declaration that the time has come to stop criminalizing people for drug use,” said Kassandra Frederique, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, which was behind the measure. “Measure 110 is arguably the biggest blow to the war on drugs to date,”The measure, which takes effect 30 days after Tuesday's election, completely changes how Oregon’s justice system treats those who are found with personal-use amounts of the hard drugs.Instead of going to trial and facing.