After public outcry, Multnomah County Commissioners paused a new pilot program that would distribute safe smoking supplies, including foil and straws Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson abruptly paused a Multnomah County Health Department harm re ...
19 Jul 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Set to open to the public Feb. 21, Great Circle Recovery Clinic addresses ongoing opioid crisis The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is bringing its whole-person opioid addiction treatment to Portland. Dozens attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the ...
15 Feb 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
Criminalization is not, and never has been, the answer to a health crisis This week, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein penned an opinion piece in the New York Times in response to the momentum building around safe injection sites for intravenous ...
31 Aug 2018 - SR editorial board
The Oregon county is piloting a program to give participants in jail and on probation drugs to stay clean and avoid painful withdrawal symptoms Justin Davenport, Jake Moses and Brandin Riehle are best friends, the closest friends each of them has had in t ...
5 Jan 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe