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
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
Legislative session ends with a mixed bag on housing issues as human toll continues The 2023 Oregon Legislature convened Jan. 17. Melisa Blake died from hypothermia four days later in a downtown Salem parking lot. Legislators came to Salem with an energet ...
12 Jul 2023 - Tom Henderson
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
Congress announces long-awaited advance funds for Indian Health Service, but ongoing underfunding is problematic Native nations in the Pacific Northwest and across Turtle Island applauded a historic decision to provide $5.13 billion in advance appropriati ...
18 Jan 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
State agencies can’t agree on who’s responsible. Experts say this is a transparency problem. Federal laws require state prisons to track all in-custody deaths, but a Street Roots investigation shows these reports are often incomplete in Oregon. Street Roo ...
28 Dec 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Native Americans seeking abortions must negotiate a complex maze of legal, financial and jurisdictional barriers to receive care Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. After the landmark Supreme Court decision in ...
13 Jul 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Anomalies in public data regarding COVID-19 protocols cause concern Like elsewhere in the state, COVID-19 isn’t over inside Oregon’s prisons. Amid a growing outbreak at Coffee Creek Intake Center and pending lawsuits regarding the Oregon Department of Cor ...
8 Jun 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
As providers are dealing with increasing numbers of out-of-state patients, rural Oregonians also face a lack of access The leaked Supreme Court draft revealing the likely reversal of the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade is reverberating acros ...
25 May 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Landford was already distributing resources in her community, but now she hopes to expand her reach with a hub where people can go to receive vital resources In 2018, LaQuida Landford returned from a trip to her father’s home country, Belize, with a clear ...
26 Jan 2022 - Latisha Jensen