For the first time since Doug Marteeny became Linn County District Attorney in 2013, criminal offenses associated with methamphetamine and heroin did not top a list of felonies and misdemeanors prosecuted by his 13 attorneys.
However, that’s not because of a decrease in the use of illicit drugs in the county, according to Marteeny. It’s because Oregon voters passed a law in 2020 that turned most crimes associated with the possession of small amounts of…