Oregon’s largest county plans to have a 24-hour sobering and crisis stabilization center to help people make their first...
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Overdose deaths rise in Western states as focus shifts to Pacific Coast
/ Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, USA, WashingtonFentanyl and meth fuel rising deaths in Alaska, Nevada, Washington and Oregon, prompting harm reduction efforts and tougher prosecutions...
Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again
/ Oregon, USAOregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once...
OR: Opioid Settlement Board directs $1.25 million to substance use disorder treatment infrastructure in Redmond
/ Oregon, USAState Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission recommended allocation; OHA will administer A $1.25 million allocation by the Opioid Settlement...
Oregon Poison Center reports disturbing increase in young children exposed to fentanyl
/ Oregon, USAPORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon health officials are urging people to make a stronger effort to keep young children away...
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A bill recriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs was passed by the Oregon Legislature on...
US: How vending machines help states battle the opioid crisis: ‘You don’t know when you’re going to need these products’
/ Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, USAThe vending machines also offer free fentanyl test strips, small strips of paper that can test drugs for the...
OR: Amid fentanyl crisis, Oregon lawmakers propose more funding for opioid addiction medication in jails
/ Oregon, USAKendra Sawyer spoke with her dad from the Deschutes County jail and told him she loved him. Six hours...
OR: Multnomah County Board of Commissioners declares 90-day fentanyl state of emergency; County, City and State to coordinate response
/ Oregon, USAThe Multnomah County Board of Commissioners on Thursday, Feb. 1 voted unanimously to declare a 90-day state of emergency in response...
OR: Governor Kotek, Dan McMillan Release Portland Central City Task Force Recommendations
/ Oregon, USAThe task force delivers 10 concrete solutions to Portland’s most pressing challenges and a vision for its economic future...
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