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The Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living keeps its focus on treating the root causes of addiction
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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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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.
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The fight against fentanyl is increasingly being waged in schools, jails and on city streets in the Pacific Northwest, where state officials in Oregon and Washington have named it a top issue as overdose deaths rise.
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Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland, plans to introduce a bill in the 2024 session to provide funding for addiction medication, screenings and more.
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The initiative comes amid a big jump in the number of teens who’ve died from drug overdoses in the last five years.
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum recently convened an all-day meeting with experts from law enforcement and public health to talk about the state's fentanyl crisis.
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Oregon Health & Science University author of national study says jails have an opportunity to treat drug addiction.
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Police and sheriff's departments around Oregon say they want authority to arrest people who use and possess drugs as a way to steer them to treatment.
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A new legislative committee convened Wednesday with a look at the state’s threadbare treatment system.
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A new committee will meet next week for the first time as lawmakers start to look for solutions to Oregon’s drug addiction crisis.
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Prosecutors and Republicans say a 2021 court opinion has made it too hard to convict dealers. Top Democrats are listening.
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Oregon officials want to change the system to motivate people suffering from addiction to get help.
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Three years after Oregon voters elected to decriminalize drugs, a new study has concluded that the first-in-the-nation law has not led to increased drug use or drug overdoses.