In California the governor limits sentencing on gang members. In Oregon meth and heroin (among other disgusting drugs) are legal for "personal use".
It is fact that neither of those states legislators cares about enforcing the law but rather enfarcing their own perverse whims and desires. They seem to be competing with one another to see who can be the most ignorant, lazy and vile state government.
Like it or not, the U.S. and Oregon are democracies. "The form of government in which political control is
exercised by all the people, either directly or through their elected representatives." And where the majority rules.
FYI, it was not the legislature but
Oregon voters who overwhelmingly passed Measure 110 making possession of small amounts of cocaine, heroin, LSD and methamphetamine, among other drugs, punishable by a civil citation — akin to a parking ticket — and a $100 fine. That fee can get waived if you get a health screening from a recovery hotline.
In Oregon as in California, anyone can propose an initiative and with enough signatures put it on the ballot.