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A group of business owners and residents in Portland is pushing for the Oregon Legislature to reconsider the cash refunds offered for recycling beverage containers.
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People caught by police with drugs will face misdemeanor charges starting Sept. 1.
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Under Ballot Measure 110, instead of arresting drug users, police give them a citation and point them towards treatment. Over three years in, there's a debate about whether it's succeeded or failed.
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Lawmakers heard from a stream of people about changing Measure 110.
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Oregon’s Measure 110 decriminalized small amounts of hard drugs while funding addiction services including a controversial practice called harm reduction. With soaring overdose deaths in Oregon, supporters say it’s necessary.
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The subject is expected to be a flash point in this year’s legislative session.
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Three years after Oregon eliminated criminal consequences for possessing small amounts of street drugs, influential lawmakers say it’s time for a course correction. Republicans say the changes wouldn’t be enough.
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A longtime proponent of taxes on beer and wine is now in charge of a state task force studying the public health impacts of alcohol abuse and whether to raise alcohol taxes for addiction treatment.
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Democratic lawmakers are working on a separate proposal to address the state’s drug addiction crisis.
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Top Democrats hope the move would incentivize users to seek help while offering plenty of opportunities to avoid a conviction. It’s likely to have opposition on both sides of the state’s drug debate.
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Research led by Oregon Health & Science University finds that half of the treatment facilities surveyed nationally required an up-front payment averaging more than $28,000, and only a few facilities provide free service to people on Medicaid.
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Gov. Tina Kotek took Marshall off a task force considering higher beer and wine taxes because of a Facebook post her office called insensitive and inappropriate.
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Oregon will soon require health care facilities to provide opioid overdose medication when releasing some at-risk patients.
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State health authority officials have launched their second annual campaign aimed at stimulating conversation about drinking and urging those who drink excessively or binge drink to stop.