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A chart from the Oregon Health Authority showing the rate of overdose deaths between 2010-2023. Unlike many states across the country, Oregon has seen an increase in overdose deaths in the past year. | COURTESY/OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Deaths from drug overdoses surged nearly 33% in Oregon last year

The uptick was fueled by a combination of opioids, such as fentanyl, as well as stimulants, like methamphetamine.

Dec 17, 2024

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An aerial view of Grants Pass, Oregon. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Oregon jail health care provider destroyed evidence and tried to cover it up, judge finds

For a third time a federal judge has ruled that Wellpath — one of the nation’s largest for-profit providers of health care to people in prisons and jails — wrongfully deleted emails connected to in-custody deaths

Oct 8, 2024

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The Capitol Building in Salem, Ore., on March 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

State reverses decision, OK’s money for Clackamas County’s drug program

The controversy surrounding Clackamas County’s program centered around what the state Legislature meant by deflection when it rolled back key parts of Oregon’s drug decriminalization law earlier this year.

Aug 13, 2024

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State denies funding for Clackamas County’s drug deflection program

The centers are part of a significant overhaul of the drug decriminalization law Measure 110. But Clackamas County's plans would not do enough to keep people out of jail, a state committee found

Aug 6, 2024

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Providence Portland Medical Center. | M.O. STEVENS/CC BY 3.0/WIKIMEDIA

Providence patients sue over concerns about possible HIV, hepatitis exposure

The lawsuit provided few new details about patients' possible exposure to blood-borne diseases that hospital officials warned patients about earlier. Because of testing limitations, patients may not know if they've been infected for months

Jul 30, 2024

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Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem is a maximum-security prison. | COURTESY OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

Oregon Department of Corrections ends practice of charging prisoners for medical devices

The change comes as a result of a 2021 class-action lawsuit that resulted in refunding $77,041 to 870 people currently in prison

Jun 19, 2024

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Two bottles of Buprenorphine-Naloxone, a drug used to treat opioid use disorder. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Portland’s first responders will give immediate opiate treatment after overdoses

The effort is intended to help people move beyond withdrawal symptoms make it easier to consider long-term treatment

Jan 20, 2024

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Tight labor market among factors hampering Oregon Measure 110, new audit finds

Oregon's drug decriminalization law came with additional spending intended to promote recovery; a new report on the rollout so far comes as lawmakers consider changes.

Dec 21, 2023

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In this video screenshot, Tony Klein was deposed in November 2019 as part of civil litigation involving 10 women incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, who accused him of sexual abuse. | VIDEO SCREENSHOT/PLAINTIFF DEPOSITION/MICHELLE BURROWS/OPB

Former Oregon prison nurse receives 30-year sentence for abusing women in custody

Federal prosecutors say the case against Tony Klein is the largest of its kind the U.S. Department of Justice has prosecuted, both in terms of the number of victims and charges

Oct 19, 2023