Health experts say Oregon should stay the course on decriminalization, drug treatment programs A core tenet of Measure 110 — the ballot measure Oregon voters passed decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs — is using cannabis tax dollars for ...
25 Oct 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
The legislator from Portland talks to Street Roots about how she's addressing issues such as addiction and justice for Indigenous Oregonians On a warm spring Tuesday last week, Oregon Rep. Tawna Sanchez (D-Portland) presented a history lesson on Chri ...
12 May 2021 - B. Toastie
A bill in the House would help people make it to the five-year mark, where chance of relapse drops drastically Portland was going to be a fresh start for Lor Hiou, 27, and her boyfriend. Hiou had just completed a 30-day inpatient drug treatment program in ...
17 May 2019 - Emily Green
Oregon Recovers, a coalition led by people in recovery, demands Oregonians have immediate access to drug and alcohol treatment, as well as continuing support Jay Z’s “Marcy Me” reverberated throughout the room, drowning out sounds of billiard balls knocki ...
23 Feb 2018 - Emily Green
Rep. Tawna Sanchez is sponsoring legislation to make an inert government body do its job In 2009, Oregon legislators created the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission and gave it one job: create a plan for improving the state’s publicly funded substance abus ...
9 Feb 2018 - Emily Green